
Mark Lamprell
Writing
Biography
Mark Lamprell is a writer of novels and children’s books published in sixteen countries and twelve languages, including the novels The Full Ridiculous and A Lover’s Guide to Rome. He also works internationally as a writer and director in film, with movie credits including Babe Pig in the City, My Mother Frank, Goddess, A Few Less Men and Never Too Late.
Known For

Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
Babe: Pig in the City

The exploits of five 17-year-olds smashing their way into adulthood.
SLiDE

A group of film students set out to finish filming a movie that was never completed after its director was murdered. After they begin filming, they realize they're in for a bit of trouble, not unlike the late director...
Cut

Elspeth Dickens dreams of finding her "voice" despite being stuck in an isolated farmhouse with her twin toddlers. A web-cam becomes her pathway to fame and fortune, but at a price.
Goddess

It's been a long time since Caine, Bronson, Angus and Wendell—aka ‘The Chain Breakers'—escaped a torturous Vietnamese POW camp. They now find themselves sharing a new prison, The Hogan Hills Retirement Home for Returned Veterans. Each of the boys has an unrealised dream they want to achieve, so they band together to devise a plan to escape their new hell. But the rules of engagement have changed. In fact, they can’t even remember what they were—and that’s half the problem.
Never Too Late

Follows the cast and crew of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome filming in the heat and dust of central Australia.
The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'

Travel plans for three men go horribly wrong with a race against time to return Luke home.
A Few Less Men

A computer genius is confined to a penthouse after a car accident, with only a nurse to look after him. But the advanced computer systems designed to make his life easier appear to be taking control.
Crosstalk

When a meddlesome mother enrolls in university with her son, old and new worlds collide with awesome consequences.
My Mother Frank

Australian TV-movie written by Jerome Ehlers and directed by Mark Lamprell.