Fiona Samuel

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Born1961 (age 6364)
Scotland
OccupationWriter
NationalityNew Zealand
Fiona Samuel

Born1961 (age 6364)
Scotland
OccupationWriter
NationalityNew Zealand
EducationToi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School
Notable awardsArts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate (2012)

Fiona Samuel MNZM (born 1961) is a New Zealand writer, actor and director. Her career spans theatre, film, radio and television.

Samuel was raised in Scotland from 1961 until the age of five.[1] She moved to New Zealand and grew up in Christchurch before moving to Wellington to train as an actor at the New Zealand Drama School. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a Diploma in Acting.[2]

Selected works

Plays

  • 2010 – Ghost Train
  • 2004 – The Liar’s Bible[3]
  • 1996 – One Flesh
  • 1993 – Lashings of Whipped Cream: A Session with a Teenage Dominatrix
  • 1988 – The Wedding Party

Publications

  • 2013 20 New Zealand Playwrights (interview), Playmarket [4]
  • 2011 Number 8 Wire; 8 Plays, 8 Decades, Playmarket [5]
  • 2011 One Flesh in No. 8 Wire: 8 Plays/8 Decades.[6]
  • 1995 Lashings of Whipped Cream: A Session with a Teenage Dominatrix[7]
  • 1989 Blonde Bombshell in Three Radio Plays.[8]

Filmography

Short films

  • 2006 Writer and Director - The Garden of Love
  • 2001 Written with Murray Keane - Falling Sparrows
  • 1996 Writer and Director - Song of the Siren
  • 1994 Writer - Bitch
  • 1994 Written with Murray Keane - Prickle

Television

  • 2014 Writer – Consent – The Louise Nicholas Story
  • 2013 Head writer and episode writer – Agent Anna Series 2
  • 2011–2013 Story liner and episode writer over three series – Nothing Trivial
  • 2011 Episode writer – The Almighty Johnsons[9]
  • 2010 Writer and Director – Bliss – The Beginning of Katherine Mansfield[10]
  • 2008 Writer and Director – Piece of My Heart
  • 2006–2009 Episode writer over three series – Outrageous Fortune
  • 2006 Writer and Director – Interrogation: Girl in Woods
  • 2001–2004 Episode writer over three series – Mercy Peak
  • 2001 Writer and Director – Virginity – A Documentary
  • 1998 Writer and Director – Home Movie
  • 1994 Writer and Director – A Real Dog
  • 1994 Writer – Her New Life
  • 1994 Writer – House Rules
  • 1987 Creator and Writer – The Marching Girls

Radio

Awards and honours

References

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