Gabriel Bergmoser (born 1991) is an Australian author and playwright. Raised in the rural town of Mansfield, Victoria,[1] Bergmoser completed his master's degree in screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. Bergmoser's first novel was Boone Shepard.
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| Born | 1991 (age 32–33) New Zealand |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Victorian College of the Arts |
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| Website | Official website |
Early life and education
editGabriel Bergmoser was born in 1991 and was raised in the rural town of Mansfield.[1] He is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).[2]
Career
editBergmoser won the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award in 2015 for his screenplay Windmills.[2]
Bergmoser's play The Trial of Dorian Gray, based on The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) by Oscar Wilde, premiered at the 2019 Midsumma Festival in Melbourne directed by Peter Blackburn. A negative review in The Sydney Morning Herald said that Bergmoser had "a bright future", but criticized the script for failing to meet its potential and "engage critically with our censorious present [...] flashes of Wildean wit are few and far between, and precise expression sometimes eludes [Bergmoser]."[3]
His play The Critic was performed several times throughout Melbourne, including at Club Voltaire in North Melbourne in 2016[4] and at the 2019 Melbourne Fringe Festival.[5] A review in the Herald praised it as a "amusing piece of metatheatre" that addresses its themes with "nuance".[5]
2020–2022: Two-book deal with HarperCollins
editIn 2019, Bergmoser signed a two-book deal with HarperCollins.
The first of the books and Bergmoser's debut adult novel, The Hunted, was released in Australia in April 2020 to positive reviews.[6][7]
In 2022, Bergmoser was reported by Variety to be attached to write the script of Vertigo Entertainment's adaptation of the survival horror webtoon GremoryLand.[8]
Personal life
editBibliography
editNovels
edit- The True Color of a Little White Lie (2021)
- The Caretaker (2023)
- Andromache Between Worlds (2024)
Boone Shepard series
edit- Boone Shepard (2016)
- Boone Shepard's American Adventure (2017)
- Boone Shepard: The Silhouette and the Sacrifice (2018)
Hunted series
edit- The Hunted (2020)
- The Inheritance (2021)
Audible Originals
edit- The Consequence (2021)
- The Hitchhiker (2022)
Plays
edit- Reunion (2013)
- We Can Work It Out (2015)
- The Lucas Conundrum (2016)
- Regression (2016)
- The Critic (2016)
- Springsteen (2017)
- Heroes (2017)
- The Commune (2017)
- Moonlite (2018) - musical (music by Dan Nixon)
- The Trial of Dorian Gray (2019)
Screenplays
edit- The Pact - 2020 web series, 3 episodes
- Pencil Pals - 2020 TV series, 1 episode
Awards
edit- 2015: Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award for Windmills
References
edit- ^ a b c Flood, Alison (25 July 2020). "Gabriel Bergmoser: 'There is a brand of country Australian masculinity that is particularly threatening'". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Alumnus Joe Brukner joins global scriptwriting elite". University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
In 2015, Victorian College of the Arts graduate Gabriel Bergmoser won the same award for Windmills: Leo.
- ^ Woodhead, Cameron (27 January 2019). "Wildean wit inspires charismatic young talent". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ Brindley, Michael (2016). "The Critic". Stage Whispers. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b Francis, Hannah (12 September 2019). "Fringe review: Amusing piece of metatheatre cuts through the bias". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Adolfson, Renae (10 August 2020). "REVIEW: The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser". Booktopia. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Turnbull, Sue (11 September 2020). "Thrilling ride into outback noir is not for the squeamish". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (12 May 2022). "Wattpad Webtoon, Italy's Leone Film Group Forge Slate Pact Following 'The Bad Boy's Girl' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
[T]heir Vertigo Entertainment unit is developing Spanish Webtoon creator A. Rasen's digital comic sensation "GremoryLand" with award-winning playwright and novelist Gabriel Bergmoser attached to pen the script.