List of literary adaptations by author (Australia)

The List of Film Adaptations by Author (Australia) provides an overview of film productions and television series based on literary sources by Australian authors.

author	title	Country of production	year	Director
Michael Barrett	Escape from Zahrain	United States	1962	Ronald Neame
Russell Braddon	Rabbits	United States	1972	William F. Claxton
Paul Brickhill	Despite all violence	United Kingdom	1956	Lewis Gilbert
Paul Brickhill	Broken laces	United States	1963	John Sturges
Paul Brickhill	May 1943 - The destruction of the dams	United Kingdom	1955	Michael Anderson
Peter Carey	Oscar and Lucinda	United States / United Kingdom / Australia	1997	Gillian Armstrong
Jon Cleary	The endless horizon	United Kingdom / Australia	1960	Fred Zinnemann
Jon Cleary	Hell hunt to the end of the world	United States / Yugoslavia	1983	Brian G. Hutton
Dale Collins	We're finally rich	United Kingdom	1931	Alfred Hitchcock
Dale Collins	Sal of Singapore	United States	1929	Howard Higgin
Kenneth Cook	Holidays in Hell	Australia / United States	1971	Ted Kotcheff
Luke Davies	Candy - Journey of the Angels	Australia	2006	Neil Armfield
Robert Drewe	Lawless - The Story of Ned Kelly	Australia / United Kingdom / United States / France	2003	Gregor Jordan
Miles Franklin	My brilliant career	Australia	1979	Gillian Armstrong
Lindsay Hardy	40 million are looking for a man	United States	1963	David Swift
Melanie Joosten	Berlin Syndrome	Australia	2017	Cate Shortland
Elizabeth Kata	Dreaming lips	United States	1965	Guy Green
Thomas Keneally	Schindlers List	United States	1993	Steven Spielberg
Tony Kenrick	Shanghai surprise	United Kingdom	1986	Jim Goddard
Michael Keon	At the seventh dawn	United Kingdom	1964	Lewis Gilbert
Christopher John Koch	A year in hell	Australia	1982	Peter Weir
Marjorie Lawrence	Broken melody	United States	1955	Curtis Bernhardt
Julia Leigh	The Hunter	Australia	2011	Daniel Nettheim
Joan Lindsay	Picnic on Valentine's Day	Australia	1975	Peter Weir
Baz Luhrmann	Strictly Ballroom - who dance against all the rules	Australia	1992	Baz Luhrmann
Melina Marchetta	The secret of the Alibrandis	Australia	2000	Kate Woods
John Marsden	Tomorrow, When the War Began	Australia	2010	Stuart Beattie
Michael Noonan	December boys	Australia	2007	Rod Hardy
Wendy Orr	The island of adventure	United States	2008	Jennifer Flackett , Mark Levin
Judy Pascoe	The Tree	Australia / France / Germany / Italy	2010	Julie Bertuccelli
Henry Handel Richardson	Symphony of the heart	United States	1954	Charles Vidor
Charles Shaw	The sailor and the nun	United States / United Kingdom	1957	John Huston
Helen de Guerry Simpson	Royal love	United Kingdom	1948	Basil Dearden
ML Stedman	The Light Between Oceans	United Kingdom / United States	2016	Derek Cianfrance
Gordon Wellesley	Night Train to Munich	United Kingdom / United States	1940	Carol Reed
Morris L. West	In the fisherman's shoes	United States	1968	Michael Anderson
Morris L. West	The devil's lawyer	BR Germany	1977	Guy Green
Markus Zusak	The Book Thief	Germany / United States	1963	Brian Percival