Stephen Sewell

Multi-award winning Writer (The Boys, The Blind Giant is Dancing); Director (Sydney)

Well-known for his film and theatre work, including his AFI Award winning script of The Boys as well as plays such as The Blind Giant is Dancing, The Secret Death of Salvador Dali (Best Show of the Adelaide Fringe, 2001) and  Myth Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America – A Drama in 30 Scenes (Playbox Theatre, State Theatre Company of South Australia, June-July 2003; The Orange Tree Theatre, London 2004), Sewell is one of the most awarded and experienced writers in Australia.

Sewell chaired the Australian National Playwrights Centre for a number of years and is the recipient of numerous awards, including a two year Australian Council Literary Fellowship and the prestigious ANPC Award for Significant Contribution to Australian Theatre (2004)

Recently, his work has expanded beyond films and plays into interactive and immersive media projects such as Home - AfterLife, for the internationally recognised iCinema Centre at the University of New South Wales and Alternate Reality Games such as Artefact, for MiniStudios. Sewell is currently involved in an interactive musical Andy X based on the last hours of Andy Warhol being developed in association with director Jim Sharman.