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a treacherous life is an 18 episode crime drama
inspired by the life of Graham ‘Abo’ Henry
spanning 4 decades from 1966 – 2015
this series is a no holds barred
first hand insight into Sydney’s underbelly
a career gangster with notorious Neddy Smith
and infamous cop Roger Rogerson.
"a treacherous life"
Director:
Geoffery Wright
Geoffrey Wright (born 1959) is an Australian film director
and screenwriter, who gained cult success with the 1992 film
Romper Stomper starring Russell Crowe and the series.
In 1994 he directed the gritty suburban thriller film Metal Skin, starring Ben Mendelsohn, and later directed the teen horror film Cherry Falls, starring Brittany Murphy. In 2006 he adapted Shakespeare's Macbeth for film, starring
Sam Worthington and Lachy Hulme.
Justin Monjo
Writer
Justin Monjo is Australia's best award-winning writer for stage and screen. Justin wrote the mini-series Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door for Shine Australia, The Code for ABC/Playmaker, and the highly rated Seven Network mini-series Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS. Most recently,
Justin wrote two episodes of the Seven Network’s hit series The Secret Daughter; the mini-series
Brock, following the life of racing legend Peter Brock; as well as an episode for the television adaptation
of Tomorrow When the War Began for ABC2/Ambience. His other extensive credits for television include the widely-acclaimed Wildside, and the sequel to the award-winning ABC mini-series, Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo – Paper Giants: Magazine Wars. Justin was a co-creator of the high-rating telemovie The Alice, and worked on several series of John Edward’s Rush for the Network Ten.
He was head writer and co-executive producer on the cult series Farscape (SyFy Channel).
He sold a pilot to HBO America for development, and is also developing on several Australian
television projects. Justin wrote the screenplay for upcoming features Jungle, starring
Daniel Radcliffe and directed by Greg McLean, and Storm Boy for Ambience Entertainment.
He also wrote the 2015 feature Spear, a contemporary Aboriginal story told through movement
and dance, directed by Stephen Page. Justin wrote the feature film adaptation of
Tim Winton’s Dirt Music for Phillip Noyce, as well as two of the chapters of Tim Winton’s
The Turning, for the critically-acclaimed feature compendium of the same name
Aquifer (directed by Robert Connolly); and Sand (directed by Stephen Page).
He is currently working on several feature screenplays including The Keep for Peter Weir,
and Cane for Animal Logic/Robert Luketic. Justin’s theatre credits include Romeo is Bleeding
(produced in Australia and the US), That Eye, The Sky and Cloudstreet, adapted from
Tim Winton’s novel and co-written with Nick Enright. His adaptation of Cloudstreet
won numerous awards and toured internationally to sold-out theatres
and critical acclaim in the US, Europe and Australia.
Daniel Scharf
Producer
DANIEL SCHARF has worked in the film and television industry producing short films, documentaries, six feature films, children’s television drama series and most recently as a talent agent.
Daniel was the producer of two highly acclaimed Geoffrey Wright features including the AFI award winning ROMPER STOMPER (1992) which starred Russell Crowe and Jacqueline McKenzie
and METAL SKIN (1994), which starred Aden Young, Ben Mendelsohn, Nadine Garner and Tara Morice. Prior to this Daniel was the Australian producer on the first German/Australian feature co-production, THE PRISONER OF ST. PETERSBURG (1989), starring Noah Taylor and the Australian producer
on the French/Australian feature co-production ISABELLE EBERHARDT (1990),
starring Mathilda May and Peter O’Toole. Daniel also produced with Rod Bishop the feature film
BODY MELT (1993) starring Lisa McCune and William McInnes.
Daniel worked as a producer with Jonathan M. Shiff on children’s television drama,
CYBERGIRL, PIRATE ISLANDS, WICKED SCIENCE and SCOOTER: SECRET AGENT.
In 2003/4 Daniel produced the feature film, TOM WHITE, starring Colin Friels.
Most recently Daniel was an Executive Producer on the ROMPER STOMPER TV series for STAN.