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Gavin Strawhan

Gavin Strawhan is one of the most experienced screenwriters working in New Zealand TV. His extended resume includes writing for, and helping create TV shows Jackson's Wharf, Mercy Peak, Burying Brian, kidult hit Being Eve, and 2010 drama This is Not My Life.

Write a lot. Don’t sit on one idea and think it’s brilliant. It probably isn’t. Love your characters for all their flaws. Write a lot. 
 
 

Screenography

Screenography
 Role/s
 Nothing Trivial

Nothing Trivial

Writer

2011

 Waitangi - What Really Happened

Waitangi - What Really Happened

Writer
Co-Producer

2011

 Kaitangata Twitch

Kaitangata Twitch

Writer

2010

 Matariki

Matariki

Writer

2010

 This is Not My Life

This is Not My Life

Co-creator
Writer

2010

 Go Girls

Go Girls

Writer
Co-creator

2009 - 2010

 Burying Brian

Burying Brian

Writer
Co-creator
Executive Producer

2007

 Interrogation

Interrogation

Writer
Co-creator

2005

 Living It

Living It

Writer
Creator

2005 - 2006

 Maddigan's Quest

Maddigan's Quest

Writer

2005

 Outrageous Fortune

Outrageous Fortune

Writer

2005 - 2010

 The Lost Children

The Lost Children

Writer

2005

 Being Eve

Being Eve

Writer
Co-creator

2001 - 2002

 Being Eve - Being a Couple

Being Eve - Being a Couple

Writer
Co-creator
Executive Producer

2001

 Crooked Earth

Crooked Earth

Writer

2001

 Mercy Peak

Mercy Peak

Writer
Co-creator

2001 - 2003

 Mercy Peak - What She Least Expected

Mercy Peak - What She Least Expected

Co-creator

2001

 Lawless: Beyond Justice

Lawless: Beyond Justice

Writer

2000

 Lawless: Dead Evidence

Lawless: Dead Evidence

Writer

2000

 Jackson's Wharf

Jackson's Wharf

Executive Producer
Storyliner
Writer
Co-creator
Script Editor

1999 - 2000

 Jackson's Wharf - Episode One

Jackson's Wharf - Episode One

Executive Producer

1999

 Lawless

Lawless

Writer
Executive Producer
Co-creator

1999

 The Chosen

The Chosen

Writer
Co-creator

1998

 City Life

City Life

Writer

1996 - 1998

 City Life - Episode One

City Life - Episode One

Writer

1996

 Shortland Street - A Christmas Episode

Shortland Street - A Christmas Episode

Writer
Producer

1995

 Shortland Street - First Episode

Shortland Street - First Episode

Writer

1992

 Neighbours

Neighbours

Writer

1985 - Ongoing


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