Dot West


Dot West is an Indigenous Australian screenwriter.

Education

West qualified with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies in 1998.

Career

West is a freelance scriptwriter, accredited trainer and consultant, and also serves on Screenwest's Industry Advisory Group and WA's Screen Industry Diversity and Inclusion leadership group.
West has served as a board member in various organisations including the Inaugural Vice Chairperson of NITV, Screenwest, Australian International Documentary Conference, the National Indigenous Radio Service. West is a non-Executive Director of SBS, Director of Goolarri Media Enterprises and Ramu Productions in Broome and the Chairperson of First [Nations Media Australia].
In 1993, West delivered one of the annual series of Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Boyer Lectures called "Voices of the Land".

Personal

Dot West was born Dorothy Henry, a Noongar woman from Western Australia's south west.

Honours and awards