TV writers have not been acknowledged, says Lou director

Writer/Director Belinda Chayko, who is completing her film Lou this week, says television writers have traditionally not received the acknowledgement they deserve for their creative contribution.

Chayko, who wrote the Australian Writers’ Guild award-winning telemovie Saved (2009), believes the recent Mini-Series and Telemovie Agreement between the AWG and SPAA is a good step towards improving the position of writers in the industry.

The agreement will see writers’ fees become a percentage of the production budget.