Fiona Samuel

Fiona Samuel
MNZM
Born1961 (age 64–65)
Scotland
EducationToi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School
OccupationWriter
Writing career
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.

Early life

Samuel was raised in Scotland from 1961 until the age of five. 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.

Selected works

Plays

  • 2010 – Ghost Train
  • 2004 – The Liar’s Bible
  • 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
  • 2011 Number 8 Wire; 8 Plays, 8 Decades, Playmarket
  • 2011 One Flesh in No. 8 Wire: 8 Plays/8 Decades.
  • 1995 Lashings of Whipped Cream: A Session with a Teenage Dominatrix
  • 1989 Blonde Bombshell in Three Radio Plays.

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

Radio

Awards and honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Fiona Samuel". The Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Graduate". toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fiona Samuel". Playmarket. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Forster, Michelanne; Plumb, Vivienne (2013). Twenty New Zealand Playwrights. Wellington: Playmarket. ISBN 9780908607471.
  5. ↑ "Playmarket". Playmarket. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  6. ↑ O'Donnell, David (2011). No. 8 wire: eight plays from eight decades. Wellington: Playmarket. ISBN 9780908607426.
  7. ↑ Samuel, Fiona (1995). Lashings of Whipped Cream: A session with a teenage dominatrix. Wellington: Women's Play Press. ISBN 0958339341.
  8. ↑ Samueal, Fiona; Walker, Stephen; Hoar, Stuart (1989). Three Radio Plays. Wellington: Victoria University Press. ISBN 086473090X.
  9. ↑ "NZ On Screen – Fiona Samuel – Overview & biography". NZONSCREEN. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "NZ On Screen". nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "New Year honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "NEXT Woman of the Year Winners 2015". scoop.co.nz. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "NZ Writers Guild – SWANZ Awards 2014". New Zealand Writer's Guild. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2015.