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RogerSimpson

  • Writer
  • Producer
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With Hunter's Gold, Gather Your Dreams and Children of Fire Mountain, Roger Simpson blazed a successful trail for Kiwi drama shows aimed at a younger audience. Though he has written further New Zealand projects, Simpson relocated to Australia in the early 70s. Since then he has written and produced on a long run of television dramas, most often alongside producing partner Roger Le Mesurier.

Screenography

Halifax: Retribution
2020 Writer, Producer Series
Nancy Wake: The White Mouse
2014 Subject Television
Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms
2012 Writer, Producer Series
Satisfaction
2007 - 2010 Producer, Creator, Writer Series
Answered by Fire
2006 Executive Producer Television

Biography

Although Roger Simpson has spent most of his career making television in Australia, his early work includes a trio of children's dramas which created an international demand for New Zealand product.

Since leaving Aotearoa in 1971, Simpson has been a key player on dozens of television dramas, including kids' classic Hunter's Gold, cop series Stingers, and 21 Halifax f.p. telemovies. Along the way he has toiled on scripts that were wanted yesterday morning, seen his shows yanked around time slots while he struggles to play catch up, and watched dream deals disappear before his eyes. He has also stacked up at least 17 awards. The frenetic pace has likely been a good motivator — Simpson prefers television over feature films, arguing that a project can be written, sold and finished in the time it takes to get a movie off the ground.

Awards

2009 Astra Awards (Australian Cable TV Awards)
Most Outstanding Drama: Satisfaction

2009 Australian Film Institute Awards
Nominated for Best Television Drama Series (with Andrew Walker): Satisfaction

“If I could play golf, I would probably be retired. But I can't.”

— Roger Simpson