Max Currie is a

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film director and screenwriter, most noted for his 2020 film ''

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''.

Biography

Currie grew up in

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, and is the son of a microbiologist and a kindergarten teacher. Currie moved to Auckland for university, and later spent a year in

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, working as a chef in an Australian-themed restaurant. He moved to

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as the spouse of a diplomat, and worked as a bartender at a gay bar on the

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. Currie was formerly a reporter and presenter for the documentary television series ''Queer Nation'', and a writer for the soap opera ''

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''. His debut film '' Everything We Loved'' was released in 2014, garnering him nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the

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. ''Rūrangi'' began as a web series before being edited into a feature film. The film premiered at the

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in 2020, and won the award for Best Feature at the 2020 Frameline Film Festival. In 2021, Currie appeared as a member of the Pit Crew in the first season of ''

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''. In 2023, he appeared as a special guest in the third season of ''

''"Snatch Game - Down Under Season 3"
'' WOW Presents Plus'', 8 August 2023.

Personal life

Currie is gay.

References

External links

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