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Kate McDermott

Writer

Since starting her scriptwriting career on Shortland Street in 1997, Kate McDermott has worked on everything from Being Eve and Mercy Peak to the first five seasons of Go Girls. She also created chaotic family comedy Step Dave. Along the way she has brought her touch for black comedy to Outrageous Fortune and multi award-winning short This is Her

It starts with three writers sitting in a room laughing and sweating and crying and stressing ... Kate McDermott on the genesis of Go Girls, in a 2011 interview for blog Wellywood Woman

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Interview

Kate McDermott: From learning the ropes on Shortland St to creating Step Dave...

Interview, 2015

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My Life is Murder - Silent Lights (Season 3, Episode 5)

2022, Writer, Series Producer - Television

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My Life is Murder

2021-2022, Writer - Television

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Westside

2016 - 2019, Writer, Storyliner - Television

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800 Words

2016 - 2018, Writer - Television

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Step Dave

2014 - 2015, Creator, Writer, Script Editor - Television

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Step Dave - First Episode

2014, Creator , Writer, Storyliner - Television

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The Blue Rose

2013, Writer - Television

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Nothing Trivial

2011, 2012, Writer - Television

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Shortland Street - Tillie Potts' Birth

2011, Writer - Television

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Nights in the Gardens of Spain

2010, Writer - Television

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Go Girls

2009 - 2012, Writer - Television

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Go Girls - First Episode

2009, Storyliner - Television

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Burying Brian - First Episode

2008, Storyliner - Television

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This is Her

2008, Writer - Short Film

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Ride with the Devil - 1, First Episode

2007, Writer - Television

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Ride with the Devil - 2, Episode Two

2007, Writer - Television

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Ride with the Devil - 3, Episode Three

2007, Writer - Television

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Ride with the Devil - 4, Episode Four

2007, Writer - Television

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Ride with the Devil - 5, Episode Five

2007, Writer - Television

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Ride with the Devil - 6, Episode Six

2007, Writer - Television

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Outrageous Fortune

2006 - 2009, Writer - Television

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Shortland Street - Dominic meets a fiery end

2004, Writer - Second Clip - Television

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Shortland Street - Tina-Anne Harrison's birth

2004, Head of Story - Television

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Being Eve - Being Upstaged

2002, Writer - Television

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Being Eve

2002, Script Editor, Writer - Television

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Mercy Peak

2002 - 2003, Writer - Television

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Shortland Street - Musical episode

2001, Script Editor - Television

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Jackson's Wharf

1999, Writer - Television

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Shortland Street

1997 - 2007, Writer, Script Editor - Television