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Dot West , is an Indigenous Australian screenwriter.[1]

Dot West
Born	Dorothy Henry Western Australia
Occupation	screenwriter

Education

West qualified with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies in 1998.[1]

Career

West is a freelance scriptwriter, accredited trainer and consultant, and also serves on Screenwest's Industry Advisory Group and WA's Screen Industry Diversity and Inclusion leadership group.[1]

West has served as a board member in various organisations including the Inaugural Vice Chairperson of NITV, Screenwest, Australian International Documentary Conference, the National Indigenous Radio Service.[2] West is a non-Executive Director of SBS, Director of Goolarri Media Enterprises and Ramu Productions in Broome and the Chairperson of First Nations Media Australia.[1]

In 1993, West delivered one of the annual series of Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Boyer Lectures called "Voices of the Land".

Personal

Dot West was born Dorothy Henry, a Noongar woman from Western Australia's south west.[1]

Honours and awards

• 2005 Tudawali Award[2]
• 2008 WASA for "Outstanding Contribution to the WA Screen Industry"[2]
• 2014 Honorary Doctorate from Swinburne University of Technology[1]
• 2009 AWGIE Award for her work on The Circuit[1]
• 2019 First Nations Media Lifetime Achievement Award[1]

References

External links

"Dot West". IMDb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

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