about

Samantha Strauss is considered one of Australia's most exciting young screenwriters. The co-creator and head writer of the award winning 52-part ABC teen drama series Dance Academy, Samantha has written twenty episodes across the two series and script edited and storylined the others. The pilot Samantha wrote for Dance Academy was nominated for an Australian Writer's Guild and Series 1, Episode 13 was nominated for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards in the scriptwriting category.

Samantha is also writing B Model – a feature film script to be produced by Louise Smith and directed by Rachel Griffiths, based on the novel by Miranda Darling. She has previously written for children's drama series H20 - Just Add Water and received script funding from Screen Australia and the Australian Film Commission.

Samantha has several other film and television projects in development, both for teenagers and adults, and dreams of one day soon writing a romantic comedy. She is represented by Cameron's Management and splits her time between Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast.