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Michael Jenkins Dies: Australian Writer-Director Behind ‘Heartbreak High’ & ‘Blue Murder’ Was 77
Australian writer-director Michael Jenkins, known for Australia teen drama 'Heartbreak High' and crime series 'Blue Murder', has died aged 77.
Jenkins directed the two-part miniseries for the ABC in 1995 and then came out of retirement as producer on the 2017 reprisal, Blue Murder: Killer Cop, which was from Endemol Shine Australia. In 2000, Netflix struck a deal with Heartbreak High rights holder Fremantle Australia to remake the show for a modern audience and carry all 210 episodes of the original series. Jenkins’ output slowed after Heartbreak High though he made headlines in 2007 when he was named director of an Australian film about a gang rape, which drew criticism from then-New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma.
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