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BRIGGS, Adam (CV) ADAM BRIGGS AWARDS Winner Artist of the Year – National NAIDOC Awards 2018 Winner Songwriter Of The Year (A.B. Original) APRA AMCOS Awards 2018 Winner Best TV theme Award for “Here” featuring Caiti Baker - APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards 2017 Winner Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year, Best Independent Artist, Best Independent Single, Best Independent Album or EP, Best Independent Hip Hop Album (A.B. Original) - AIR Awards 2017 Winner Best Urban and Best Independent Release (A.B. Original) - ARIA Awards 2017 Winner Best Album (A.B. Original) - Australian Music Prize , 2017 Winner Agenda Setter of the Year – GQ Men of the Year Awards 2017 Winner Best Album – Sheplife, National Indigenous Music Awards 2015 Winner Best Music Video - Bad Apples, National Indigenous Music Awards 2015 Winner Best New Talent – National Indigenous Music Awards 2014 Nominated Hip-Hop Artist of the Year – Deadly Awards 2012 Nominated Best Single – The Wrong Brother, Deadly Awards 2011 TELEVISION THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING (Series 6) Role: Presenter Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2020 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING (Series 5) Role: Presenter Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2019 GET KRACK!N (Series 2) Role: Bekjut Dir: Hayden Guppy, Katering Productions 2019 SPICKS & SPECKS REUNION SPECIAL Guest Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2018 BLACK COMEDY (Series 3) Role: Various Characters Dir: Beck Cole & Steven McGregor, Scarlett Pictures 2018 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING (Series 4) Role: Presenter Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2018 TOUGH CONVERSATIONS (Documentary) Role: Himself Dir: Christopher Nelius, FINCH 2018 GET KRACK!N (Series 1) Role: Bekjut Dir: Hayden Guppy, Katering Productions 2017 THE OTHER GUY Role: Dog Murphy Dir: Kacie Anning, Entertainment One Television 2017 THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING (Series 3) Role: Writer / Presenter Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2017 CLEVERMAN Role: Maliyan Dir: Wayne Blair & Leah Purcell, ABC TV 2016 BLACK COMEDY (Series 2) Role: Writer / Various Characters Dir: Beck Cole & Erica Glynn, Scarlett Pictures 2016 FILM SPIN OUT Role: Jock the barman Dir: Tim Ferguson & Marc Gracie, Sony Pictures 2016 HILLTOP HOODS: RATTLING THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM (Short) Role: Himself Dir: Selina Miles, 2012 WRITING DISENCHANTMENT (Created by Matt Groening) The Ululu Company / Netflix (Series 2, 2019) THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING Thinkative TV / ABC (Series 2-5, 2016-2019) GET KRACK!N Katering Productions / ABC (Series 1, 2017) BLACK COMEDY Scarlett Pictures / ABC (Series 2-3, 2016-2018) .
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