Editing Bob Ellis

{{Short description|Australian writer (1942–2016)}}
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| birth_name = Robert James Ellis
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| birth_place = [[Murwillumbah, New South Wales]], Australia
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| death_place = [[Palm Beach, New South Wales]], Australia
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'''Robert James Ellis''' (10 May 1942 – 3 April 2016) was an Australian journalist, screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker, and political commentator.<ref name="Koziol">{{cite news|last1=Koziol|first1=Michael|last2=Josh|first2= Dye|title=Journalist Bob Ellis dies, aged 73|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/journalist-bob-ellis-dies-aged-73-20160403-gnxdpj.html|access-date=3 April 2016|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 April 2016}}</ref> He lived in Sydney with author and screenwriter [[Anne Brooksbank]]; they had three children.

==Early years==
Ellis was raised a [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]]. He says the "seminal moment" of his life happened when he was ten and his 22-year-old sister was killed while crossing the road.<ref name="daily life">[http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/real-life/what-i-know-about-women-20120817-24d9h.html Bob Ellis, "What I Know About Women"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427085445/http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/real-life/what-i-know-about-women-20120817-24d9h.html |date=27 April 2018 }}, ''Daily Life'', 19 August 2012, accessed 23 October 2012.</ref> 

He attended [[Lismore High School|Lismore High]] and then the [[University of Sydney]] on a Sir [[Robert Menzies]] scholarship, at the same time as other notable Australians including [[Clive James]], [[Germaine Greer]], [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]], [[John Bell (Australian actor)|John Bell]], [[Robert Hughes (critic)|Robert Hughes]] and [[Mungo Wentworth MacCallum|Mungo McCallum]]. After graduating he had a variety of jobs before being employed by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref name="Q&A">{{cite web|title=Panellist: Bob Ellis|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2570957.htm|website=Q&A|publisher=ABC|access-date=3 April 2016}}</ref>

==Writing career==
Ellis was a regular contributor to the ''[[Nation Review]]'' in the 1970s and subsequently contributed to [[Fairfax Media]] newspapers and ''[[The National Times]].''<ref>[http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/by/bob-ellis Bob Ellis (opeds by)] at ''[[The National Times]]''</ref>

Ellis became a popular playwright, usually working in collaboration. In 1970 he and [[Michael Boddy]] (1934–2014) co-wrote ''[[The Legend of King O'Malley]]'', a musical play based on the life of [[King O'Malley]]. From 1975 to 1986 he and Brooksbank also owned the [[Stables Theatre, Sydney|Stables Theatre]] in Kings Cross, Sydney, during which time it became home to the [[Griffin Theatre Company]].''<ref name="SydTheatreHist">{{cite web|title=Sydney Theatre History|url=http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/staffhome/siryan/academy/theatres/Syd_Nimrod.htm|access-date=3 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191551/http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/staffhome/siryan/academy/theatres/Syd_Nimrod.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>'' They sold it in 1986 for $200,000.<ref name="Dochelp">{{cite news|title=Retired doctor has cure for what ails theatre|url=http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=%22RETIRED+DOCTOR+HAS+CURE+FOR+WHAT+AILS+THEATRE%22&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news861118_0119_4042|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 November 1986|page=7}}</ref>

Ellis wrote several film scripts, often in collaboration with others, notably ''[[Newsfront]]'' (1978), ''[[Maybe This Time (1980 film)|...Maybe This Time]]'' (1980, with Anne Brooksbank), ''[[Fatty Finn (film)|Fatty Finn]]'' (1980) ''[[Man of Flowers]]'' (1983, with Paul Cox), ''[[Goodbye Paradise]]'' (1983), ''[[Where the Green Ants Dream]]'' (''Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen'') (1984, with [[Werner Herzog]]), ''[[My First Wife]]'' (1984, with Paul Cox), ''[[Cactus (1986 film)|Cactus]]'' (1986, with [[Paul Cox (director)|Paul Cox]]) and ''[[The Nostradamus Kid]]'' (1992).

In 1980 Ellis signed a contract with the New South Wales Film Corporation to write ten feature film scripts over two years for $7,000 for each script, with a payment of $12,000 for the second draft if they wanted to make the movie. Ellis says he presented them with 33 ideas, they chose five and he chose five.<ref>Richard Brennan, "Bob Ellis", ''Cinema Papers'', Oct–Nov 1980 pp. 314–316.</ref>

Ellis also directed several films, including ''The Nostradamus Kid'' (1992), ''[[Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train]]'' (1988), ''Unfinished Business'' (1985) and ''Run Rabbit, Run'' (2007).<ref>{{cite news|first= Sandy|last= George|title= Ellis zoomed in when Rann made run|url= http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22080483-5006787,00.html|archive-url= https://archive.today/20121215190734/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22080483-5006787,00.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 15 December 2012|work= The Australian|date= 16 July 2007|access-date= 2007-12-07}}</ref><ref>Kerr C [http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/27/political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/ The Curse of Bob Ellis (review)] at Crikey.com.au, 27 August 2007</ref>

Ellis's writing for television included the [[miniseries]] ''[[True Believers (miniseries)|True Believers]]'' (with co-author [[Matt Carroll (producer)|Matt Carroll]]) and ''Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal'' (2008), with co-author Geoff Burton, made for [[Film Australia]].<ref>''[http://www.abc.net.au/abccontentsales/s2356842.htm Infamous Victory – Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal]'' at ABC Commercial</ref>

==Awards==
Ellis won the [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay]] three times: ''[[Newsfront]]'' (1978, with [[Anne Brooksbank]] and [[Phillip Noyce]]),<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 1978 |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/range/1970-1979/year/1978/ |website=aacta.org |publisher=AACTA Awards |access-date=7 June 2023 |language=en-AU}}</ref> ''[[Goodbye Paradise]]'' (1982, with [[Denny Lawrence]]),<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 1982 |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/range/1980-1989/year/1982/ |website=aacta.org |publisher=AACTA Awards |access-date=7 June 2023}}</ref> and ''[[My First Wife]]'' (1984, with [[Paul Cox (director)|Paul Cox]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 1984 |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/range/1980-1989/year/1984/ |website=aacta.org |publisher=AACTA Awards |access-date=7 June 2023}}</ref>

== Politics ==
Ellis, a supporter of the [[Australian Labor Party]], wrote speeches for a number of Labor leaders (such as [[Bob Carr]], [[Paul Keating]] and [[Kim Beazley]]) and wrote extensively on Labor history.

Regarding Ellis's speech writing, Beazley said on the ''7.30 Report'' that if he had used any of Ellis's speeches he would have been out of politics.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

Ellis unsuccessfully contested the Federal [[Division of Mackellar|seat of Mackellar]] as an independent candidate against the Liberal Party's [[Bronwyn Bishop]] in a [[1994 Mackellar by-election|by-election in 1994]] as the ALP did not field a candidate in that by-election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/supplementary_by_elections/Mackellar.htm|title=Mackellar 1994 by-election|work=Australian Electoral Commission}}</ref><ref name="Leser1">{{cite news|last1=Leser|first1=David|title=When Bob Ellis vowed to unseat Bronwyn Bishop|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/when-bob-ellis-vowed-to-unseat-bronwyn-bishop-20150720-gig14b.html|access-date=3 April 2016|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 July 2015}}</ref>

Ellis's 2011 book ''Suddenly, Last Winter – An Election Diary'' created headlines for its criticism of the Labor Prime Minister, [[Julia Gillard]], and praise for the Liberal Opposition Leader, [[Tony Abbott]]. He described Gillard as "not well informed" and "sudden, firm and wrong" in everything she does. He also said "She has no power, no influence, no friends, no learning. There's not much there", while describing Abbott as having "good manners", being "formidable" and possessing a "first-class mind".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/julia-gillards-mouse-pack-and-other-dumb-stuff-20110110-19kbe.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Julia Gillard's 'Mouse Pack' and other dumb stuff | date=10 January 2011}}</ref>

Ellis wrote speeches for South Australian Premier [[Mike Rann]] for a number of years.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/investigations/ellis-fought-release-of-fee-information-for-fear-of-sales-hit/story-fn8r0e18-1226209610710 'Bob Ellis fought release of fee information for fear of sales hit' by Christian Kerr, ''The Australian'' 30 November 2011] accessed 16 December 2011</ref>

==Death==
On 18 July 2015, Ellis reported on his blog that he would be attending hospital for what he called "ominous" tests on his liver. The next day he announced "The news is very bad", and that the tests had revealed he had advanced [[liver cancer]] with a prognosis that he had months, if not weeks, to live.<ref name="cancer">{{cite news|last1=Dumas|first1=Daisy|title=Bob Ellis reveals he has weeks to live|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/bob-ellis-reveals-he-has-weeks-to-live-20150719-gifq33.html|access-date=4 April 2016|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 July 2015}}</ref>

Ellis died on 3 April 2016, at his home in Sydney's Northern Beaches.<ref name="death2">{{cite news|title=Bob Ellis dies of cancer after 40-year career spanning journalism, politics, play writing and film|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-03/bob-ellis-dies-after-40-years-in-journalism-politics-playwriting/7295548|access-date=4 April 2016|work=ABC News|date=3 April 2016}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
In June 2018, [[Kate Lilley|Kate]] and Rozanna Lilley, daughters of celebrated playwright [[Dorothy Hewett]], alleged that they had engaged in consensual sex at the ages of 15 and 14 with Ellis.<ref name="theaustralian1">[https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/mums-men-used-us-for-underage-sex-say-dorothy-hewetts-daughters/news-story/9e74497d6be09c436a6eea62a4c4b5d9 Mum’s men used us for under-age sex, say Dorothy Hewett’s daughters], [[The Australian]], June 9, 2018</ref> Ellis was castigated by feminists including Delaney and Maley.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Delaney |first=Brigid |date=2018-06-13 |title=Bob Ellis: what do you do when a literary hero is accused of sexual abuse? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/13/bob-ellis-what-do-you-do-when-a-literary-hero-is-accused-of-sexual-abuse |access-date=2024-01-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maley |first=Jacqueline |date=2018-06-15 |title=When 'great men' abuse artistic licence to act on grubby impulses |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/when-great-men-abuse-artistic-licence-to-act-on-grubby-impulses-20180614-p4zlih.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> 

== Writings ==
Ellis wrote two books, ''Goodbye Jerusalem'' and ''Goodbye Babylon'', on his experiences of the Labor Party. The first edition of ''Goodbye Jerusalem'' was pulped following a successful defamation case brought by two Liberal cabinet ministers, [[Tony Abbott]] and [[Peter Costello]], and their wives. At issue was the single sentence where Ellis quoted politician [[Rodney Cavalier]] as having said, "Abbott and Costello...they're both in the Right wing of the Labour [sic] Party till the one woman fucked both of them and married one of them and inducted them into the Young Liberals". The publisher, [[Random House]], accepted that the disputed content was a falsehood and the book was removed from sale. ACT Supreme Court Justice Higgins awarded the two politicians and their wives a total of $277,000 damages. A new edition of the book was published three months later which omitted the defamatory passage.<ref>{{cite news |first=Helen |last=Dalley |author-link=Helen Dalley |title=The inimitable Bob Ellis |url=http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_292.asp |work=Sunday (TV program) : Cover stories |publisher=[[Nine Network]] |date=22 November 1998 |access-date=2007-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106215727/http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_292.asp |archive-date=6 January 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.caslon.com.au/defamationprofile8.htm | title = Defamation profile: offline cases 3 (1998 to 2007) | publisher = Caslon Analytics | access-date = 2006-12-07 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061206095134/http://www.caslon.com.au/defamationprofile8.htm | archive-date = 6 December 2006 | df = dmy-all }}  {{cite web| year =1998| url =http://www.law4u.com.au/lil/ls_defamation.html| title =Defamation – sticks and stones| work =Law Spot| publisher =Lawscape Communications| access-date =2007-12-07| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070905213236/http://www.law4u.com.au/lil/ls_defamation.html| archive-date =5 September 2007| df =dmy-all}}</ref>

In 1998 [[Penguin Books]] Australia published Ellis's ''First Abolish the Customer – 202 Arguments Against Economic Rationalism'', then Ellis's ''The Capitalism Delusion – How Global Economics Wrecked Everything and What To Do About It'' in 2009, ''One Hundred Days of Summer'' in 2010, and ''The Ellis Laws'' in 2014.

== Bibliography ==
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===Plays===
*''[[The Legend of King O'Malley]]'' (1970) with Michael Boddy
*''[[Big Brother Dragon]]'' (1971) with Michael Boddy
*''[[Duke of Edinburgh Assassinated or The Vindication of Henry Parkes]]'' (1971) with Dick Hall
*''The Francis James Dossier'' (1973) – later ''[[The James Dossier]]'' (1975) – musical about [[Francis James]]
*''Whitlam Days'' (1975)
*''[[Down Under (play)|Down Under]]'' (1976) with Anne Brooksbank
*''[[A Very Good Year]]'' (1980)
*''Man, the musical'' (1990s) book and lyrics with Denny Lawrence, music by Chris Neal
*''[[A Local Man]]: A Play about [[Ben Chifley]]'' (2004) with Robin McLachlan
*''Shakespeare in Italy'' (2012) with Denny Lawrence
*''Intimate Strangers'' (unproduced) with Denny Lawrence

===Screenplays===
*''[[Newsfront]]'' (1978) with Anne Brooksbank
*''[[Fatty Finn (film)|Fatty Finn]]'' (1980)
*''[[Maybe This Time (1980 film)|Maybe This Time]]'' (1980) with Anne Brooksbank
*''[[Goodbye Paradise]]'' (1983) with Denny Lawrence
*''[[Man of Flowers]]'' (1983) with Paul Cox
*''[[The Winds of Jarrah]]'' (1983)
*''[[My First Wife]]'' (1984) with Paul Cox
*''[[Unfinished Business (1985 Australian film)|Unfinished Business]]'' (1985) – also directed
*''Top Kid'' (1985) (TV) with [[John Hepworth (writer)|John Hepworth]]
*''The Paper Boy'' (1985) (TV) with John Hepworth
*''[[Cactus (1986 film)|Cactus]]'' (1986) with Paul Cox
*''The Gillies Republic'' (1986) (TV)
*''[[Bullseye (1987 film)|Bullseye]]'' (1987)
*''[[Perhaps Love (1987 film)|Perhaps Love]]'' (1987) (TV)
*''[[True Believers (TV series)|True Believers]]'' (1988) (TV)
*''[[Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train]]'' (1988) – also directed
*''Gillies and Company'' (1992) (TV)
*''[[Dreaming of Lords]]'' (1993) with [[Ernie Dingo]] – also directed
*''[[The Nostradamus Kid]]'' (1993) – also directed
*''[[Ebbtide]]'' (1994)
*''[[Wildside (Australian TV series)|Wildside]]'' (1998) Episode 24
*''Bastards from the Bush, A Journey with Bob Ellis and Les Murray'' (1998) – documentary
*''Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley's Battle for Coal'' (2008) – documentary

===Unmade screenplays===
*''The Road to Gundagai'' (1980) – vehicle for [[Bert Newton]] and Gerard Kennedy as soldiers on latrine duty during the [[bombing of Darwin]]<ref>Richard Brennan, 'Bob Ellis, ''Cinema Papers'', Oct–Nov 1980 p 386</ref>
*comedy script about radio actors in the 1940s (circa 1980)
*adaptation of ''[[The Sentimental Bloke]]'' for director Maurice Murphy starring Phillip Quast<ref name="stratton2">David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p186</ref>
*mini-series with [[James Ricketson]] about [[Bea Miles]] (circa 1980)
*road film about two girls going north to audition for a cabaret version of ''Brigadoon'' in [[Surfers Paradise]] (circa 1980)
*''These Remembrances'' set around the time of the [[Whitlam Dismissal]] (circa 1980)
*''The Girl from Kiev'' about two 40-year-old divorced lawyers travelling near Chernobyl falling for a Russian girl<ref name="andrew">Andrew L. Urban, "Bob Ellis' The Nostradamus Kid", ''Cinema Papers'', January 1992 p15</ref>
*adaptation of ''[[Homage to Catalonia]]'' for director [[Hugh Hudson]] starring [[Colin Firth]] and [[Kevin Spacey]]<ref>{{cite magazine|author1=McClintock, Pamela|author2=Hopewell, John|url=https://variety.com/2009/biz/markets-festivals/firth-spacey-to-star-in-catalonia-1118003884/|title=Firth, Spacey to star in 'Catalonia'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 18, 2009|access-date=March 4, 2025}}</ref>
*''Shakespeare in Italy'' (2011)
*''Paper Tigers'' – mini series about the [[Murdoch family]]

===Novels===
*''Mad Dog Morgan'' (1976) with [[Anne Brooksbank]] – based on the [[Philippe Mora]] film ''[[Mad Dog Morgan]]''
*''Fatty Finn'' (1980) – based on his film script
*''Top Kid'' (1985) – novelisation with John Hepworth of his film script
*''The Paper Boy'' (1985) - novelisation with John Hepworth of his film script
*''The Hewson Tapes : A Secret History, Perhaps, of Our Times'' (1993) – fiction presented as the diary of [[John Hewson]]
*''The Season'' (1996) – with [[Roy Masters (rugby league)|Roy Masters]]

===Non-fiction===
*''The Things We Did Last Summer: An Election Journal'' – account of the [[1983 Australian federal election]]
*''Two weeks in another country : a journal of the 1983 British election'' – account of the [[1983 United Kingdom general election]]
*''Letters to the Future'' (1987) – collection of writings from 1969–87
*''The Inessential Ellis'' (1992) – collection of writings
*''Goodbye Jerusalem : night thoughts of a Labor outsider'' (1997) – writings centred on the history of the [[Australian Labor Party]] up to the [[1996 Australian federal election]]
*''First abolish the customer: 202 arguments against economic rationalism'' (1998)
*''So it goes : essays, broadcasts, speeches 1987–1999'' (1999)
*''Goodbye Babylon : further journeys in time and politics'' (2002)
*''Night thoughts in time of war'' (2004)
*''And so it went: night thoughts in a year of change'' (2009) – events around the [[2007 Australian federal election]]
*''The capitalism delusion : how global economics wrecked everything and what to do about it'' (2009)
* {{cite journal |author=Ellis, Bob |date=Autumn 2009 |title=Muscular timidity |department= |journal=Overland |volume=194 |pages=7–12}}
*''One hundred days of summer : how we got to where we are'' (2010)
*''Suddenly, last winter : an election diary'' (2010) – diary of the [[2010 Australian federal election]]
*''The Ellis Laws'' (2014)

==Acting==
*''[[Man of Flowers]]'' (1983) – film
*''[[I Own the Racecourse]]'' (1985) – film
*''The Human Behan'' (1995–1996) – play
*''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' (2000) – play

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | author = Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee (Ed.) |title = The dictionary of performing arts in Australia | publisher = St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin| year = 1996| isbn = 1-86448-005-X}}
* {{cite book | author = Brian McFarlane, Geoff Mayer, Ina Bertrand (Ed.) |title = The Oxford companion to Australian film| publisher = Melbourne; New York: Oxford University Press| year = 1999| isbn = 0-19-553797-1}}
* {{cite book | author = Philip Parsons, Victoria Chance (Ed.) |title = Companion to theatre in Australia | publisher = Sydney: Currency Press in association with Cambridge University Press| year = 1995 | isbn = 0-86819-357-7 }}
* Leser, David "The two of us: Bob Ellis & Anne Brooksbank" ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (Good Weekend) 16 August 1997 p.&nbsp;12
* Arts news "Arts community to help Bob Ellis, after recent house fire" ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' 24 April 1993 p.&nbsp;46
* King, Noel "Abbott and Costello. View From The Couch" ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (Good Weekend) 21 November 1998 p.&nbsp;94

==External links==
*[http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/profiles/Transcripts/s1130025.htm Interview with Bob Ellis]
*[http://www.ellistabletalk.com/ Ellis Table Talk (blog)]
*{{IMDb name|id=0254727|name=Bob Ellis}}
*[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/indexdrilldown.jsp?xcid=59&f_contrib_id=3370&f_event_id=77446 Bob Ellis's Australian theatre credits] at [[AusStage]]
*[http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/bob-ellis-27004.html Bob Ellis Essays on the ABC website ''Unleashed'']
*[http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/11713091662/Writer-Director-Bob-Ellis 1988 interview with Bob Ellis] at SBS Movie Show
*[http://ellistabletalk.com/ Table Talk: Bob Ellis on Film and Theatre] blog
*[http://aso.gov.au/people/Bob_Ellis/ Bob Ellis] at [[Australian Screen Online]]

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