An acclaimed Australian screenwriter, Laura Jones first garnered attention with "High Tide" (1987, directed by Gillian Armstrong), an original and atmospheric character study of a troubled woman who is reunited with the daughter she gave up for adoption. The writer quickly became noted for her adaptations of novels with strong female characters at the center of the story. While her feminist slant to the material she writes has met with some critical opprobrium (chiefly "The Portrait of a Lady" 1996 and "A Thousand Acres" 1997), in general, Jones has proven to be expert at condensing unwieldy
Early TV screenwriting credit, the Australian telefilm "Say You Want Me"
1978
Penned the teleplay for "Cass", directed by Chris Noonan
1988
First original screenplay, "High Tide"; also first screen collaboration with director Gillian Armstrong
1990
Adapted Janet Frame's memoir, "An Angel at My Table" as a three-part miniseries for Australian TV; directed by Jane Campion, the work was released theatrically in an edited form in Europe and the USA
1996
Reunited with Jane Campion for "The Portrait of a Lady"
