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John Collee

Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1955 (71 years)
John Gerald Collee (born 1955) is a Scottish/Australian doctor, novelist and screenwriter whose films have been nominated for Oscars. Master and Commander was nominated for Best Film 2003, Happy Feetwon Best Animation in 2006, and Tanna (2015) was nominated for Best Foreign Language Feature in 2015. His many other films, written or co-written, include Creation (2009), Hotel Mumbai (2018) and Lee. His novels include Kingsley's Touch, A Paper Mask, and The Rig. His TV adaptation of Boy Swallows Universe received critical acclaim upon release on Netflix in 2024.

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Known For

  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Happy Feet
  • The Legend of Tarzan
  • Monkey Man
  • Lee
  • Hotel Mumbai
  • Candy
  • Son of a Gun
  • Walking with Dinosaurs 3D
  • Boy Swallows Universe
  • Happy Feet Two
  • Creation
  • The Return
  • Nekrotronic
  • Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears
  • Black Site
  • Tanna
  • Wolf Totem
  • The Man Who Sued God
  • The Patriarch
  • Paper Mask
  • Bergerac

Filmography

2024
2024
Monkey Man · as Screenplay
2024
2024
2018
Hotel Mumbai · as Screenplay
2016
2016
The Patriarch · as Screenplay
2015
2015
2015
Wolf Totem · as Screenplay
2014
2013
2009
Creation · as Screenplay
2006
2003
2001
1997
1990
Paper Mask · as Novel
1987
Star Cops (TV Series)
1981
Bergerac (TV Series)

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