Jacquelin Perske has worked extensively in television as a writer, script producer and showrunner.

Jacquelin wrote for the television adaptation of Heather Morris’ bestselling novel, THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ (Stan/Sky), which was Highly Commended for the Betty Rowland Prize for Scriptwriting, and won the Gold Medal for Best Drama at the New York Festival Film and TV Awards.

She wrote the second episode of FIRES (ABC/NBCU), which explored stories of those who survived the 2020 bushfires in Australia. FIRES received an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award for Best Miniseries or Telefeature, and the TV Week Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Award for Best Miniseries or Telemovie.

Previously, Jacquelin wrote the thriller THE CRY (BBC/ABC), which was nominated for a National Television Award (UK) for Best New Drama, an Australian Writers’ Guild (AWGIE) Award nomination for Best Television Series, and 3 AACTA Awards.

Jacquelin wrote and produced SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY (ABC/Matchbox Pictures) starring Hugo Weaving and Xavier Samuel and DEADLINE GALLIPOLI (Foxtel/Matchbox Pictures), starring Sam Worthington and Hugh Dancy. DEADLINE GALLIPOLI received an AWGIE Award for Television Miniseries.

She was the producer, co-creator, and writer of SPIRITED (Foxtel), which was nominated for an AFI (AACTA) Award, with the pilot episode receiving an AWGIE Award for Best Drama. The second series was also nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Television Drama.

Jacquelin was a co-creator, writer and producer on the acclaimed series LOVE MY WAY (Foxtel), which received 14 awards – including an AFI Award for Best Screenplay in a Television Series – and 24 nominations. This was the first non-network drama series in Australia to ever receive this level of recognition.

Jacquelin was also part of an international team of writers working on George Lucas’ live action series for television, STAR WARS: UNDERWORLD (Lucas Films) and worked on the series WILL (TNT), based on the early life of William Shakespeare. Her other credits include BIG SKY (Southern Star), RAW FM (ABC), FIREFLIES (Southern Star), and the AFI award-winning THE SECRET LIFE OF US (Southern Star/Network 10).

Jacquelin wrote one of Australia’s most highly acclaimed films ever, LITTLE FISH (2005). The film starred Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Martin Henderson and received an astonishing 13 AFI Award nominations. Reviews reserved special praise for Jacquelin’s complex, compelling script, consolidating her position as one of the country’s most gifted and in-demand storytellers.

In 2013, Jacquelin won the prestigious Foxtel Fellowship at the AWGIE Awards.

Jacqueline is in development on several television projects.

For a full CV please contact info@rgm.com.au.