Tim Balme: an acting and writing all-rounder...

Interview – 2010

Tim Balme has been acting in, writing, and developing TV shows and films for longer than he chooses to remember. En route he has played guys good, bad, creepy, dopey and lovable. He has also diversified into writing and drama development.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Balme talks about:

Early theatre aspirations that are still unrealised
What it was like amongst the gore on the set of zombie classic Braindead
His thoughts on playing Jack Brown Genius
One of the risque moments from feature film Via Satellite
His take on New Zealand cinema audiences
How he became a writer on Outrageous Fortune
Thoughts on the successful formula behind Outrageous Fortune
Playing a Norse God in The Almighty Johnsons

This video was first uploaded on 6 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

...when it comes to television, locally our audiences, they're still not particularly interested in seeing ourselves take ourselves too seriously. So the beauty of Outrageous [Fortune] was it was most of the time bloody funny, but was always anchored in an emotional and dramatic heart.
– Tim Balme on why he thinks Outrageous Fortune was so successful with local audiences

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