Sam Meikle

Australian writer and director (born 1971)

  • Richard Meikle (father)

Sam Meikle (born 1971) is an Australian writer and director best known for his work in television. He has won several Australian Writers' Guild Awards.[1][2] He is the son of actor Richard Meikle.

Filmography

Television

  • Home and Away as James Fraser (1997, 1 episode)

Writer

Film

  • Sunday (2000, short film)
  • Variety Show at the End of the World (2000, TV special)
  • Bound (2000, short film)
  • The Money Shot (2001, short film) - also director
  • Melancholly (2001, short film) - also director
  • The Easter Tide (2003, short film)
  • Fatbelly: Chopper Unchopped (2009, documentary film)

Television

  • All Saints (2003, S6E2: "Heroic Measures", S6E37: "Look Before You Leap")
  • All Saints (2003-08, 11 episodes)
  • Home and Away (2004-19, 228 episodes)
  • Out of the Blue (2009, 12 episodes)
  • Neighbours (2009-19, 83 episodes)
  • Rescue: Special Ops (2010-11, 5 episodes)
  • Crownies (2011, S1E19)
  • Wild Boys (2011, S1E11)
  • Vic the Viking (2013-14, 4 episodes)
  • Tashi (2014, 2 episodes)
  • Heidi (2015, S1E5: "The Treehouse Oath")
  • Vikings: Athelstan's Journal (2015, web series, 13 episodes)
  • Here Come the Habibs (2015, 3 episodes including: "Party Habibs Style")
  • Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier (2015, miniseries, 9 episodes)
  • House Husbands (2017, 1 episode)
  • The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill (2016-17)
  • The Secret Daughter (2016-17, 12 episodes) - also creator
  • Nate Is Late (2018-19, S1E20: "The Candy Factory", S1E27: "The Gremlins")
  • Wakefield (2021, miniseries, 2 episodes)
  • 100 Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone (2021, 2 episodes, S1E11: "Cherry, S1E24: "Swiss")
  • MaveriX (2022-23, 10 episodes) - also creator

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2009 AWGIE Awards Television Serial Out of the Blue (episode 4) Nominated[3]
2021 11th AACTA Awards AACTA Award for Best Television Drama Series Wakefield Nominated
2022 12th AACTA Awards AACTA Award for Best Children's Television Series MaveriX Nominated

References

  1. ^ 2009 NSW Mentorships Announced
  2. ^ "Site Search Showing 5 results for "Sam Meikle"". Australian Writers' Guild. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ "AWGIE Awards: 2009 Nominations". TV Tonight. 26 June 2009.