Speaker Details

Full Name
Kodie Bedford
Company
Cope ST
Title
Writer
Country (Address)
Australia
Biography
Kodie was born in Western Australia, with strong family ties to the East Kimberley. Working mostly in television, Kodie’s credits include Mystery Road (ABC), Squinters (ABC) and Grace Beside Me (NITV/ABC), Troppo (ABC). She made her directorial debut with a short horror film, Scout. Kodie received the Balnaves Fellowship for 2019 to develop her own play with Belvoir Theatre, Cursed! which was staged for the Belvoir Theatre 2020 season and won both best stage play and the major award at the 2021 AWGIE Australian Writers Guild Awards.

Most recently, Kodie co-wrote and script produced ABC Iview series All My Friends are Racist which was won for Best Short Form Comedy for the 2021 AACTA awards and she also script produced and wrote for AMC+’s vampire show Firebite. Kodie has just finished directing an episode she wrote for ABC comedy series Summer Love produced by Gristmill.