Ken Quinnell
Ken Quinnell is an Australian screenwriter and film director.
Journalism
Quinell has a background in publishing and freelancejournalism, including working for Screen International and Rolling Stone. In the 1960s he was a member of the WEA [Film Study Group], where he met writers Michael Thornhill and Frank Moorhouse.From 1966 to 1968 Quinnell and Michael Thornhill published SCJ: The Sydney Cinema Journal.
Film and television
Thornhill and Quinnell have worked in the Australian film industry.Quinnell wrote the screenplays for Cathy's Child adapted from Wordley's novel Hoodwink ; and The City's Edge, originally titled The Running Man. The City's Edge, which was made for television, was co-written by Robert J. Merritt and W.A. Harbison, adapted from W.A. Harbison's novel. Short Changed was also co-written by Merritt.