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James Griffin

Writer

Writer James Griffin has been pivotal in an eye-opening proportion of the successful TV comedies and dramas made in New Zealand since the mid 1980s. His credits stretch from Gloss to award-winner 800 Words and big screen comedy Sione's Wedding. Working alongside writer Rachel Lang, he also co-created Westie family drama Outrageous Fortune and hit show The Almighty Johnsons.

We don’t actually draw that much from our own experiences because if we had behaved like the West family in our lives, we probably would be in prison rather than writers on a TV show. James Griffin on writing for Outrageous Fortune

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Interview

James Griffin: Getting serious about Kiwi comedy...

Interview, 2014

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Interview

James Griffin - Funny As Interview

Interview, 2019

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Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy

2019, Subject - Television

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Westside

2015 - 2020, Creator, Writer, Script Editor, Executive Producer - Television

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800 Words

2015 - 2018, Creator, Writer, Executive Producer - Television

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800 Words - First Episode

2015, Creator, Writer, Executive Producer - Television

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Westside - First Episode

2015, Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Script Editor - Television

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Step Dave

2014 - 2015, Writer - Television

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The Brokenwood Mysteries

2014 - ongoing, Writer - Television

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The Naughty Bits - Free Speech and Sensitive Information

2014, Subject - Television

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The Naughty Bits - The 'S' Word

2014, Subject - Television

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The Naughty Bits - Violence, Drugs and the 'F' Word

2014, Subject - Television

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The Blue Rose

2013, Creator, Writer, Executive Producer - Television

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The Blue Rose - Episode One

2013, Creator - Television

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Sione's 2 - Unfinished Business

2012, Writer, Associate Producer - Film

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The Almighty Johnsons

2011 - 2013, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator, Script Editor - Television

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The Almighty Johnsons - First Episode

2011, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer - Television

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Reel Late with Kate

2010 - 2011, Guest Film Critic - Television

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 5 - Telling Stories

2010, Subject - Television

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Rocked the Nation

2008 - 2011, Subject - Television

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Diplomatic Immunity - First Episode

2008, Creator, Writer, Executive Producer - Television

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We're Here to Help

2007, Script Editor - Film

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Sione's Wedding

2006, Writer, Associate Producer - Film

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Outrageous Fortune - First Episode

2005, Creator, Writer, Script Editor, Executive Producer - Television

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Maddigan's Quest

2005, Writer - Television

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Outrageous Fortune

2005 - 2010, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator - Television

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bro'Town - Get Rucked

2004, Story Producer - Television

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Serial Killers

2004, Creator, Writer - Television

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bro'Town - The Weakest Link (First Episode)

2004, Story Producer - Television

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Serial Killers - Full Series

2004, Creator, Writer, Associate Producer - Television

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Spin Doctors - Series Four, Final Episode

2003, Writer - Television

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Spin Doctors - Election Special

2002, Writer - Television

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The Strip

2002 - 2003, Writer - Television

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Being Eve

2001 - 2002, Writer - Television

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Mataku - The Sisters (Ngā Tuāhine)

2001, Script Editor - Television

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Mercy Peak

2001 - 2003, Writer - Television

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Spin Doctors

2001 - 2003, Co-Creator, Writer - Television

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Spin Doctors - First Episode

2001, Writer - Television

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Street Legal

2000 - 2005, Writer - Television

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Jackson's Wharf

1999 - 2000, Script Supervisor, Writer, Writer - Television

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Lawless

1999, Story - Television

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Double Booking

1998, Principal Writer - Television

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City Life

1996 - 1998, Creator, Writer, Associate Producer - Television

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City Life - First Episode

1996, Creator, Writer, Associate Producer - Television

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Plainclothes - First Episode

1995, Writer - Television

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Riding High - First Episode

1995, Script Producer - Television

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Shortland Street - The birth of Carrie's triplets

1993, Script Editor, Script Supervisor - Television

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Shortland Street

1999, Writer - Television

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Marlin Bay

1992 - 1994, Writer - Television

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More Issues

1991 - 1992, Writer - Television

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty

1990 - 1992, Writer - Television

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The Boy from Andromeda - The Guardian

1990, Script Editor - Television

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Night of the Red Hunter - Telefeature

1989, Script Editor - Television

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Funny Business - Excerpts

1988 - 1991, Writer - Television

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Funny Business

1988 - 1991, Writer - Television

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Gloss

1987 - 1990, Writer - Television

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Steel Riders - Bloodstones (First Episode)

1987, Script Editor - Television

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Steel Riders

1987, Script Editor - Television