Jeff Truman


Jeffrey Maxwell Truman was an Australian film and television screenwriter and actor.

Career

A member of the Australian Writer Guild for more than 30 years, Truman's television credits include Rescue: Special Ops, City Homicide, Packed to the Rafters, The Strip, Sea Patrol, Last Man Standing, The Alice, Stingers, McLeod's Daughters, Neighbours, Home and Away, E Street, A Country Practice, Fat Tony & Co., Winter, and The Doctor Blake Mysteries. He also wrote for Underbelly: Razor, Underbelly: Badness, and Underbelly: Squizzy. In total Truman received five AWGIE nominations and in 2013, won the award for Best Original Mini Series for Underbelly: Badness.
Truman wrote the feature film Envy, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999. He also had a small role in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns.
Truman died on 2 December 2014, after suffering a brain haemorrhage; he was 57.

Filmography

Film

Television

Writing

YearTitleNote
1989-93E StreetTV series
1992Children of the DragonTV series
4 episodes
1994A Country PracticeTV series
2 episodes
1999Envy Film
2000Above the LawTV series
1 episode
2003McLeod's DaughtersTV series
2 episodes
2004StingersTV series
31 episodes
2005Last Man StandingTV series
1 episode
2005Blue HeelersTV series
2 episodes
2006The AliceMiniseries
3 episodes
2008The StripTV series
2009All SaintsTV series
8 episodes
2009Rescue Special OpsTV series
1 episodes
2010RushTV series
2 episodes
2010City HomicideTV series
9 episodes
2011Sea PatrolTV series
14 episodes
2011Underbelly: RazorTV series
2012Tricky BusinessTV series
2 episodes
2012Underbelly: BadnessTV series
2013Underbelly: SquizzyTV series
2013Packed to the RaftersTV series
10 episodes
2013Home and AwayTV series
4 episodes
2014Fat Tony & Co.TV series
2 episodes
2014NeighboursTV series
148 episodes
2015WinterTV series
2015The Doctor Blake MysteriesTV series
1 episode