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Rachel Lang

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 Rachel Lang

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Rachel Lang

Writer Rachel Lang has helped create a host of New Zealand television dramas, including Outrageous Fortune, the iconic saga of a West Auckland family trying to go straight. She has also co-created and written for small town dramas Jackson's Wharf and Mercy Peak, plus Go Girls, This is Not My Life, The Almighty Johnsons, and adaptation Maddigan's Quest.

I thought the next time I do something I’m going to make it so that no one will be able to ignore it. I wanted big things to happen. 
 
 

Screenography

Screenography
 Role/s
 The Blue Rose

The Blue Rose

Creator
Writer

2013

 Nothing Trivial

Nothing Trivial

Writer
Script Editor

2011

 The Almighty Johnsons

The Almighty Johnsons

Writer
Co-creator

2011 - ongoing

 This is Not My Life

This is Not My Life

Writer
Co-creator

2010

 Go Girls

Go Girls

Writer
Co-Creator

2009 - ongoing

 Outrageous Fortune - Christmas Special Telemovie

Outrageous Fortune - Christmas Special Telemovie

Executive Producer

2006

 Maddigan's Quest

Maddigan's Quest

Head Writer

2005

 Outrageous Fortune

Outrageous Fortune

Co-Creator
Executive Producer
Writer

2005 - 2010

 Outrageous Fortune - Episode One

Outrageous Fortune - Episode One

Executive Producer

2005

 Mercy Peak

Mercy Peak

Writer
Co-Creator
Executive Producer

2001 - 2003

 Mercy Peak - What She Least Expected

Mercy Peak - What She Least Expected

Co-creator
Writer
Executive Producer

2001

 Jackson's Wharf

Jackson's Wharf

Writer
Co-creator

1999 - 2000

 Jackson's Wharf - Episode One

Jackson's Wharf - Episode One

Writer

1999

 Lawless

Lawless

Co-creator

1999

 City Life

City Life

Executive Producer

1996 - 1998

 City Life - Episode One

City Life - Episode One

Executive Producer

1996

 Plain Clothes

Plain Clothes

Writer

1995

 Shortland Street - Kirsty and Lionel wedding episode

Shortland Street - Kirsty and Lionel wedding episode

Writer

1994

 Shortland Street

Shortland Street

Writer
Executive Producer

1992 - 2000

 Shortland Street - Highlights from the first 15 years

Shortland Street - Highlights from the first 15 years

Writer
Executive Producer

1992 - 2007

 Shark in the Park

Shark in the Park

Story Editor

1988 - 1991

 The Marching Girls - Mahara's Story

The Marching Girls - Mahara's Story

Actor

1987

 Open House

Open House

Story Editor

1986 - 1987


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Awards

2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Script - Drama/Comedy Programme: for Go Girls

2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Best Script - Drama/Comedy Programme (shared with James Griffin): for Outrageous Fortune

2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Best Script, Drama/Comedy Programme: for Outrageous Fortune

2007 Qantas Television Awards
Nominated for Best Script - Non-Factual: for Outrageous Fortune

2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Nominated for Best Script, Drama - Television: for Outrageous Fortune, episode 16
Nominated for Best Script, Drama - Television: for Maddigan's Quest, episode 5

2006 Qantas Television Awards
Nominated for Best Script - Non-Factual (with James Griffin): for Outrageous Fortune

2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Nominated for Best Script - Drama Series or Serial (with James Griffin):for Outrageous Fortune

2005 Qantas Television Awards
Best Script - Non-Factual Programme or Series: for Outrageous Fortune, 'The Cause of this Defect' episode

 

1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Script - Television Serial: for Shortland Street