George F. Kerr

George F. Kerr
Born15 April 1918
England, UK
Died9 October 1996 (aged 78)
OccupationScreenwriter

George F. Kerr (15 April 1918 – 29 October 1996) was an English writer best known for his work in TV. He worked for eight years in British TV as a writer and script editor.[1]

He moved to Australia in 1957 and wrote several early TV dramas as well as stage and radio plays.[2] He returned to England in the mid 1960s.[3]

He was a POW during World War II.[4]

In 1955 when Kerr was a script editor for Associated Television he wrote that "a successful television play should have a strong contemporary story plus a subplot, preferrably of emotional entanglement. The story should be classifiable as a study of the peoples next door or, if the troubles are slightly unsavoury, of the people next door but one."[5]

  1. ^ Kerr, George F. (16 September 1957). "Notes on Playwriting for TV". Radio-active: The ABC staff journal.
  2. ^ "Young Star's Work". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 13.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 February 2022). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Four from George F. Kerr". Filmink.
  4. ^ "STUDIO PORTRAIT George F. KERR". ABC Weekly. 19 February 1958. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Nature on a Slide" Author: George F. Kerr Date: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1955 Publication: The Daily Telegraph (London, England) Issue: 31307 p 6