John Dingwall

John Dingwall (13 July 1940 – 3 May 2004) was an Australian journalist, writer and director of film and television, best known for his screenplay Sunday Too Far Away (1975). Dingwall should not be confused with the Scottish journalist of the same name. Career Dingwall was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, where he commenced his career as a journalist with a cadetship at the city's daily newspaper, The Morning Bulletin. He then moved to Sydney, where he worked as a police reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald before going to Crawford Productions as a television writer, working on programs such as Homicide and Division Four. He moved into features with Sunday Too Far Away, which was based on his brother-in-law's experiences as a sheep shearer. He later became a producer and director. Personal life and death