Writer
Hannah Carroll Chapman
Hannah is an award-winning screenwriter and the creator of the hit Netflix series Heartbreak High. Spending over a month after its release in the Global Top Ten Series on Netflix for both Season 1 and Season 2, Heartbreak High won an International Emmy Award, as well as the AACTA Audience Choice Award for Best Television Series, and was nominated for the AACTA Best Drama Series Award. For her pilot episode, Hannah took home the AACTA Award for Best Screenplay and garnered an Australian Writers Guilt (AWGIE) Award nomination. Likewise, for her finale episode, Hannah achieved a NSW Premier’s Literary Award nomination for Best Screenplay.
In 2024 Hannah was recognised with the 2024 Mona Brand Award for Women Stage and Screen Writers for her work on Heartbreak High. Her writing on the ABC Television Drama The Heights also earned Hannah both an AWGIE and a Screen Producers Award nomination. As a writer and story producer, she also worked on the iconic Australian series Home and Away.