Laura Jones (screenwriter)

Laura Jones
Born	1946 (age 77–78) Australia
Occupation	Screenwriter

Laura Jones (born 1946) is an Australian screenwriter.

Jones started her career writing teleplays for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Her first feature film credit was the original screenplay for High Tide (1987), directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Judy Davis. This was followed by her adaptation of the Janet Frame autobiography, An Angel at My Table (1990), which was directed by Jane Campion. She collaborated again with Campion, this time on The Portrait of a Lady (1996). The following years saw her team up with Armstrong on Oscar and Lucinda, as well as work on other literary adaptations for Hollywood.

Jones is a strong supporter of Australian filmmaking and during the 1990s served on the Australian Film Commission.

She is the daughter of Australian author Jessica Anderson.

Screenplays

• Possession (2002)
• Angela's Ashes (1999)
• Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
• A Thousand Acres (1997)
• The Well (1997)
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
• An Angel at My Table (1990)
• High Tide (1987)

Notes

^1 A 1951 birth date is given by various sources, including the Australian Women's Register

External links

• Laura Jones at the Internet Movie Database
• Australian Film Commission