John Collee

John Collee
Born	John Gerald Collee 1955 (age 68–69)
Nationality	Scottish/ Australian
Occupation	Screenwriter
Website	www.johncollee.com

John Gerald Collee (born 1955) is a Scottish/Australian doctor, novelist and screenwriter whose films have three times been nominated for Oscars. Master and Commander was nominated for Best Film 2003, Happy Feet won Best Animation in 2006, and Tanna (2015) was nominated for Best Foreign Language Feature in 2015. His many other films, written or co-written, include Creation (2013), Hotel Mumbai (2018) and Lee. His novels include Kingsleys Touch, A Paper Mask and The Rig published by Viking/Penguin. His TV Adaptation of Boy Swallows Universe received critical acclaim upon release on Netflix in 2024.^[1]