Katie Wolfe: moving from acting to directing...

Fresh from drama school, Katie Wolfe got busy on a run of TV shows and films, including reporting for nature show Wildtrack . Wolfe has since expanded into directing, including well-travelled short film This is Her, Under the Vines and TV movie Nights in the Gardens of Spain.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Wolfe talks about:

• Learning from actor Andy Anderson on resort drama Marlin Bay
• Being shot on a very tight budget, for movie The Last Tattoo
• The joy of playing "opinionated, politically-incorrect" reporter Amanda Robins on Cover Story
• The "bizarre", jigsaw-style experience of award-winning short film Planet Man
• Public reaction to her role as a homewrecker in Shortland Street
• How she juggled a new baby, acting in Mercy Peak and trainee directing on Shortland Street
• The joys of discovering and expressing her Māori heritage on screen
• Balancing fairytale imagery and dark humour on award-winning short This is Her
• Insights into directing short film Redemption
• Her experiences directing the adaptation of Witi Ihimaera novel Nights in the Gardens of Spain

This video was first uploaded on 22 December 2010, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview, Camera and Editing – James Coleman