Maxwell Dunn[a] (1916–65) was an Australian writer and producer of radio, films and prose.[2]

Dunn was born in Launceston, Tasmania. He did a variety of jobs, including as an insurance agent and began writing for radio.[3][4]

Dunn became production manager for the Macquarie network where he wrote and adapted numerous plays, serials and documentaries.

In 1951, Dunn left Australia to become Programme Director of Film Television with the United Nations Organisation.[5] He worked for ten years in New York and New Delhi then returned to Australia shortly before his death in 1965.

Dunn's papers are at the University of Queensland.[6]

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Notes

  1. ^ He is not to be confused with the poet, Maxwell Dunn.[1]

References

  1. ^ Administrator (November 24, 2017). "A tale of two writers". State Library of Queensland.
  2. ^ "PLAYWRIGHTS OF AUSTRALIA SUCCESS EARLY IN LIFE", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, November 16, 1940, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  3. ^ "Two New Real Life Plays This Week", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 29 June 1940, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  4. ^ "Has Five Plays in Competition", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, July 6, 1940, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  5. ^ "Maxwell Dunn leaves for New York", ABC weekly, Sydney, 3 February 1951, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  6. ^ Maxwell Dunn Papers at UQ
  7. ^ "THURSDAY ... FEBRUARY 23", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, February 24, 1939, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  8. ^ ""SECRET ASSASSIN" SHOULD PROVE CONTROVERSIAL", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 23 October 1948, nla.obj-1432254202, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  9. ^ "Cameras in the Jungle". The Age. No. 29, 630. Victoria, Australia. 15 April 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 4 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.