Biography

Patricia Cornelius is an very experienced Australian playwright, screenwriter and novelist.

In 2019 she was the winner of the prestigious Windham-Campbell prize for Drama and in 2018 she won the Mona Brand Award for women stage and screen writers.

Patricia has written over 25 plays including: 'Shit', 'Big Heart', 'Do Not Go Gentle', 'The Call', 'Love', 'Fever', 'Boy Overboard', 'Slut' and 'Who's Afraid of the Working Class'? (co-written with Andrew Bovell, Christos Tsiolkas, Melissa Reeves and Irine Vela). Other prizes for her stage work include Victorian and NSW Premiers' Literary Awards, the Patrick White Playwright's Award, the Richard Wherrett Prize, the Wal Cherry Award and an impressive 10 AWGIES for stage, community theatre, theatre for young people and feature film adaptation.

Patricia has adapted her critically acclaimed play 'Shit' for the screen. The feature is directed by Susie Dee and Trudy Hellier. She is also developing a feature film with director Catriona McKenzie with Screen Australia funding.

Patricia co-wrote the feature film adaptation 'Blessed', based on the play 'Who's Afraid of the Working Class?' (for which she won an AWGIE).
- IMDb mini biography by: Lisa Fagan