Doug MacLeod (born 13 October 1959 is a writer of books, television and theatre from Melbourne, Australia.
Contents |
Doug was a working writer for ABC Radio's comedy department in the 1980s, before spending two years as head writer of Network Ten's The Comedy Company. He was a writer on the sketch comedy programs Fast Forward and Full Frontal. He has been the script editor of Kath & Kim since the series commenced on the ABC.[1]
As a break from sketch comedy he co-wrote five episodes of Sea Change with Andrew Knight.
He currently co-writes the animated children's series Dogstar which won him the inaugural John Hinde prize for science fiction in 2008. He is currently working on series two with co-writer Philip Dalkin.
In 2008 Doug won the Fred Parsons Award for Contribution to Australian Comedy at the Australian Writer Guilds Awards [2]..
He is currently the writer of Call Girl the Musical, with Tracy Harvey which has performed two seasons in Melbourne.[3]
With John Clarke, he co-wrote a musical adaptation of the children's book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.[4]
He has written the following story books for children and young people:
Doug has a website at http://www.dougmacleod.com.au