RosemaryMcLeod
- Writer
Best-known as an outspoken and award-winning columnist, Rosemary McLeod devised and was principal writer on iconic 80s soap Gloss. McLeod was a newspaper reporter for years before moving into broadcasting. She eventually became a sitcom writer and script editor both in New Zealand and Australia, and was among the first women to write a sitcom in either country.
Screenography
Biography
Rosemary McLeod rose to prominence in the 1970s, when she was responsible for some of the most popular satirical cartoons of the period. She was a regular contributor to The Listener as both a writer and cartoonist, and wrote for Wellington's Dominion and Sunday Times.
Awards
1989 Listener Film and Television Awards
Best Drama Series: Gloss
1988 Listener Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Drama Series: Gloss
“I was always offending and annoying. It became my shtick.”