KatieWolfe
- Actor
- Director
- Producer [ngāti tama
- Ngāti mutunga]
New Plymouth-born Katie Wolfe has won awards as both an actor and director. After leading roles in Marlin Bay and Cover Story, she first stepped behind the camera in 2002, for Shortland Street. Her debut short film This Is Her (2008) screened at festivals around the globe. Since directing a TV movie of Witi Ihimaera novel Nights in the Garden of Spain in 2011, Wolfe has continued to direct, and occasionally act.
Screenography
Biography
Katie Wolfe was born in New Plymouth in 1968 — a descendent of Ngāti Tama/Ngāti Mutunga on her maternal side, and the daughter of an All Black (Neil Wolfe).
As a 14-year-old, she made her first stage appearance in the supporting cast of Annie, performed by the local operatic society. "If I've ever had a feeling of coming home that was it. It just felt right." Further roles followed.
Awards
2025 New Zealand Screen Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Best Director - Documentary Feature: for The Haka Party Incident
2011 Sundance Film Festival (United States)
Nominated for Short Filmmaking Award - international section: Redemption
“... as an actor I was always a little bit frustrated, asking questions it wasn’t my job to ask. As a director I can mould the story and set the tone.”