Were Mac Gudgeon and Sarah Snook friends?

Australian screenwriter, Mac Gudgeon and Succession actress, Sarah Snook were not friends per se; they just happened to have worked on a miniseries together in 2015.

Gudgeon was credited for writing ABC’s Indigenous-themed miniseries, The Secret River, released in 2015, starring Sarah Snook.

He was also the co-writer of Ground Zero, an action thriller film. He wrote Channel 9’s series Halifax from 1994 to 2000. He wrote Waterfront while he was still working as a painter and docker. The show debuted his career success and became an instant hit. It won a Logie in 1985 for Best Miniseries of the Year.

Gudgeon was the President of the Australian Writers’ Guild from 1998 to 2000. He died after suffering a long illness on Monday, May 29, 2023, at age 74.

The association’s current president, Shane Brennan shared a heartfelt message after his death was announced.

“Mac was a towering presence in the Guild. He was not just our heart and soul, he was our conscience, that little voice in our head that said, ‘We have to fight this.’ And fight we did, so many battles with Mac standing, unflinching, on the front line. Mac didn’t just man the barricades, he built them. His contribution to this Guild, to the place we earned at the table, to the concessions we won over decades, should never be forgotten. And yes, Mac was a helluva writer,” he wrote.