As a writer, Strahan worked for 3 years (1964-66) scripting and directing documentary film features for New Zealand television.
He then worked for 5 years as contract scriptwriter for the TV serial “Number 96” (1970-75). He also wrote episodes for “Cop Shop”, “Glenview High”, “Chopper Squad”, “Carrots!” (a children’s’ program on Channel 7), and “Flying Start” in 1986 (ABC program on small business). He also scripted corporate videos for Broadcom.
Three feature films have been produced from his scripts “Leonora” (1985), released on video, cable in US & Europe, and shown on Channel 9 in 1996; “Fantasy” (1990), Columbia Tri-Star video, and “Inspector Shanahan Mysteries – Cult of Diana”(1992), shown on Channel 9 in 1996.
He directed “Leonora” and co-directed “Fantasy” with Geoffrey Brown for Combridge International, and also wrote music for these three features. (Four feature scripts written with AFC funding have not yet been produced). His 1-Act play “Triple Six” was staged as a drama student qualifying production at Newcastle University in the early 1990s.
As lecturer and assessor in script writing, Strahan has previously worked for the Australian Writers Guild and the AFTRS as script assessor, and has given 8 and16 week courses in scriptwriting for the (then) NSW Institute of Technology and for the Australian Film and TV School in Bathurst Street, Sydney (1982 to 84).
From 2004 he has worked for the Australian Writers Guild having assessed over 100 scripts.