Fiona Samuel

Fiona Samuel (born 1961) is a New Zealand writer, actor and director who was born in Scotland. Samuel's award-winning career spans theatre, film, radio and television. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a Diploma in Acting.

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.

Short film

*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''
*2010 Writer and Director – ''Bliss – The Beginning of Katherine Mansfield''
*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

*1994 ''Don't Touch That Dial''
*1993 ''A Short History of Contraception''
*1991 ''Words of Love''
*1983 ''Blonde Bombshell''

Awards and honours

*2019 – Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to television and theatre.
*2015 – NEXT Woman of the Year, Arts & Culture category.
*2014 – NZ Film and Television Awards, Best Television Drama – ''The Louise Nicholas Story''
*2014 – Script Writers Awards NZ (SWANZ),Best Telefeature Script – ''The Louise Nicolas Story''
*2012 – New Zealand Arts Foundation Arts Laureate
*2012 – New Zealand Television Awards. Best Director – ''Bliss''
*2011 – New Zealand Writers Guild Award, Best Telefeature Script – ''Bliss''
*2010 – New Zealand Writers Guild Awards, Best Play -''Ghost Train''
*2009 – New Zealand Screen Award, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress - ''Piece of My Heart''
*2006 – New Zealand Film and Television Awards Best Script: Drama – ''Interrogation: Girl in Woods''
*2005 – Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship
*1999 – University of Auckland Literary Fellowship
*1998 – New Zealand Film and Television Awards Best Drama – ''Home Movie''
*1996 – Bilboa Film Festival, Mikeldi de Ficcion D'oro, Best Short Film – ''Song of the Siren''
*1996 – Turin Film Festival, Audience Award – ''Song of the Siren''
*1994 – Mobil Awards, Best Radio Drama – ''A Short History of Contraception''
*1994 – Mobil Awards, Best Radio Drama – ''Don't Touch That Dial''
*1993 – National Radio's Women's Suffrage Centenary Playwriting Award – ''A Short History of Contraception''
*1984 – Mobil Awards, Best Radio Drama – ''Blond Bombshell''

References

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1961 births
Living people
20th-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights
20th-century New Zealand women writers
New Zealand television directors
20th-century New Zealand actresses
Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
21st-century New Zealand actresses
21st-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights
21st-century New Zealand women writers
New Zealand women dramatists and playwrights
Women television directors
Toi Whakaari alumni