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Samantha Strauss is a writer for television and film. She co-created the hit Australian teen drama series DANCE ACADEMY which screens in over 160 countries. It has been nominated for two International Emmys and won the Most Outstanding Children’s Series Logie awards in 2012 and 2013.

More recently, Samantha created and wrote the THE END. THE END was produced by See Saw for Foxtel, Showtime and Sky Atlantic. The show was internationally applauded for its black comedy and in 2022 it was nominated for two Logie awards.

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The End

The End

THE END is where life begins in a dark new comedy series about three generations of a family trying to figure out how to live with meaning, die with dignity and find the beauty that lies in between...

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Dance Academy Season 1

Dance Academy Season 1

At Sydney's National Dance Academy, a few talented youngsters are recruited for the excruciatingly tough course. Jewish long line of doctors' heir Samuel ‘Sammy’ and minor juvenile offender..

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Nine Perfect Strangers

Nine Perfect Strangers

Forced to live "off of the land" on Earth Day, tension within the group erupts as treatment intensifies and hunger pains set in...

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Dance Academy - The Comeback

Dance Academy - The Comeback

The film tells the story of top ballet student Tara Webster after she has recovered from a broken back and now finds it difficult to perform in front of an audience...

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Mary The Making of a Princess

Mary The Making of a Princess

This is the story of a fateful encounter and the life changing choices that led to one of Australia's and the world's most recognisable and romantic love stories...

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The End

The End wastes no time establishing the spiky tone prevalent throughout this very witty and entertaining black comedy and drama series, which pries open a topical conversation from an irreverent perspective.

Dance Academy The Movie

Strauss – who also scripted the telemovie Mary: The Making of a Princess – is a writer of real flair. A former teen dancer, she knows the milieu like the back of her hand and is not ashamed to take delight in an all-Aussie phrase like "pity pash".

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