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About Anna
In 2021, Anna was one of only six screenwriters selected by The Black List to participate in the Black List New Zealand project. Her feature film screenplay 'Bara' previously won the NZWG Best Unproduced Feature Film Script competition (2015).
Between 2015 to 2021, Anna wrote dialogue and worked the story table for New Zealand's longest-running serial TV drama, Shortland Street.
Originally trained as an actor, Anna went on to stage manage plays including Shane Bosher’s Angels In America, and Toa Fraser’s Pure and Deep. She remains ever grateful for untold weeks spent investigating story and character. In 2012, Anna entered Auckland’s Short + Sweet Festival. The play she directed won Best Newcomer, Best Actress, and Best Overall Production.
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BARA Drama When her mother and sole witness to her existence ends up comatose, a mute recluse must brave the outside world to unlock her voice and save them both from a life unlived.
Credits
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Shortland Street (
2020 - 2021 )
Television by South Pacific Pictures Storyliner (300+ episodes) A five-night-a-week serial drama set in an Auckland City hospital. Shortland Street follows the complicated personal and professional lives of its staff, family and friends. -
Shortland Street (
2015 - 2021 )
Television by South Pacific Pictures Writer (43 episodes) A five-night-a-week soap set in an Auckland City hospital. Shortland Street follows the complicated personal and professional lives of its staff, family and friends.
Awards
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Black List New Zealand Project
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NZ Writers Guild Best Unproduced Feature Film Script
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NZ Writers Guild SEED Grant
(2015)
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