I’ve been a working writer for over 20 years so I get the challenges of creative work…
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CURRENT PROJECTS:
My recent credits include – co-written tele-feature “The Tender Trap” (TVNZ) “Fresh Eggs” (TVNZ), Aussie rom-com series “Under The Vines” (Essential Media) and the crime series “My Life Is Murder.” Plus award-winning short film “Prickly Jam.” I’m currently on the development team for several TV series and looking forward to my latest play “The Campervan” being produced by Tadpole Productions at the Pumphouse Theatre (Sept 2021). I also have two feature films in development.
MY UPCOMING WORKSHOPS/EVENTS:
Playwriting 101 – 8 Week Course starts 28 June 2021
An intensive live ONLINE Course for aspiring playwrights. Tutor: Award-winning playwright Gary Henderson
Screenwriting 101 – 6 WEEK Course ONLINE last course for 2021 starts October
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The Writing Room – Every Tuesday Night – ONLINE at 7pm
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BIOGRAPHY:
Kathryn is an award-winning screenwriter who has worked in the NZ television/film industry for over 20 years. She has significant television and film credits (see credits below) and has developed numerous television series for NZ’s major production companies.
She recently co-wrote tele-feature “The Tender Trap” and has two feature films in development. Her most recently produced TV credits include “Under The Vines” and “My Life is Murder.” In 2020 she was the script editor on TVNZ’s limited series “Black Hands“. Her latest play “The Campervan” is scheduled for production at the Pumphouse Theatre (Auckland) in September 2021.
In 2018 she was a Seed Grant (Advanced) recipient and a co-writer on the TVNZ television series “The Cul de Sac” and “Fresh Eggs.”
Kathryn has worked as a Script Assessor for NZOA and helped numerous writers and producers move their projects forward. She regularly runs sell-out workshops at the Auckland Writers Festival and last October was a speaker at the Fourth World Conference of Screenwriters in Berlin. She is also a serving member on the New Zealand Writers Guild board.
Kathryn produced her first play ‘Mike & Virginia” (co-written with Nick Ward) in 2011 as part of the Comedy Festival and it was subsequently produced in Wellington at Circa Theatre (2013).
Awards/Competitions:
2020 Show Me Shorts Festival – Best Screenplay – Prickly Jam (w James Cunningham)
2017 Adams Best New Play Award – Shortlisted
SWANZ – Best Play – Mike & Virginia (with Nick Ward) (2012)
KFM Inaugural Short Story Competition (2004) – Winner
AFTA for Best Drama Script (with Paula Boock) for “The Strip.” (2003)
Qantas Media Award – Best Human Relations Column (1998)
Film Credits:
Prickly Jam (short film) – Co-writer, Shelved (Winner – Best Animated Short Film – NY International Film Festival) – Writer, GURL (short) – Script Consultant, Daniel (short) – Script Consultant, She Shears (feature documentary) – Story Consultant, Breaker-Upperers (feature) – Script Consultant, The Devil’s Rock (Feature) – Story Editor, Dean Spanley (Feature) – Script Consultant, Love Birds (Feature) – Story Editor, The Ferryman (Feature) – Script Editor, Cradle – Script Consultant, Poppy (Animated Short) – Story Editor.
Theatre Credits:
The Campervan – Playwright (Tadpole Productions 2021), Mike & Virginia – Producer/Playwright,(Stamp 2011, Circa 2013) Bowled Over (ATC 2013) – Playwright, Girls Gotta Eat – Writer.
Television Credits:
The Tender Trap (tele-feature), Under The Vines (rom-com series), My Life is Murder (light crime series), Fresh Eggs (black comedy), The Sounds (6- part thriller), The Cul de Sac (multi-award-winning children’s drama series 2 & 3) – Writer, Story-liner, The Cult – (primetime drama) – Co-Creator, Amazing Extraordinary Friends – (children’s comedy series) – Writer, The Strip – (primetime drama) – Writer, Holly’s Heroes – (children’s drama) – Writer, The Lost Children – (children’s drama) – Writer, Street Legal – (primetime drama) – Writer.
Books: “Has Johnny Come Lately?” (HarperCollins)
Magazines: North & South, Grace Magazine, More Magazine, She Magazine, Canadian Screenwriter.
