AKGrant
- Writer
Lawyer turned satirist AK Grant was writing partner to comedians David McPhail and Jon Gadsby. Together the three created breakthrough comedy hit A Week of It; Grant went on to write for McPhail and Gadsby, Letter to Blanchy and the sitcom version of The Billy T James Show. He passed away on 29 June 2000, at the age of 59.
Screenography
Biography
The late AK (Alan Keith) Grant was a lawyer turned writer, who helped bring New Zealand comedy to the television masses.
Born in Wanganui, Grant studied law at Canterbury University, and apart from three years in London, rarely strayed from the province again. Grant spent just over a decade working as a barrister, before turning over all his energies to writing and script editing.
Awards
1996 TV Guide New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Best Script - Comedy (shared with David McPhail and Jon Gadsby): for Letter to Blanchy, 'Stir Crazy' episode
“Grant is a key figure in the renaissance of satiric comedy [...], his downbeat absurdist wit being among the best of the deadpan self-deprecation which characterises much New Zealand humour. ”