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StanWolfgramm

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Actor
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Stan Wolfgramm trained in acting at the New York school first founded by legendary teacher Lee Strasberg. In 1992 Wolfgramm launched Drum Productions to tell Pasifika stories — from fashion showcase Style Pasifika, to youth show Pacific Beat Street. He staged the Style Pasifika event for 16 years, winning two awards. Of Tongan, Cook Island and German descent, he was made a Member of the NZ Order of Merit in 2015.

Screenography

Stranded Pearl
2024 Director - Second Unit, As: Activist/Reporter Film
Tatau (Cook Islands TV series)
2015 As: Doctor Series
The Offshore Pirate
2013 Executive Producer Short film
Dog Save the Queen
2013 Executive Producer Short film
Westfield Style Pasifika New Zealand Fashion Awards 2009
2009 Producer, Producer & Artistic Director - Stage Show, Presenter Television

Biography

Stan Wolfgramm, MNZM, began working in the fashion industry as a model, while studying science at Auckland University. That early job opened doors into acting roles in commercials, theatre, and occasionally film and television. Reflecting on a breakthrough moment, he says: “I actually toured with Ladies Night! We did the first big national tour of the show around the country. We still hold a box office record for attendance.”

Awards

2015 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
For services to the arts and Pacific community 

2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Best Event Broadcast (shared with Julie Smith): Style Pasifika 2005

“My drive came from my desire to find my voice, my identity, my value, my place in a society that at that time did not recognise or celebrate it. I have been telling Pasifika stories in theatre, film, television, live events and festivals for most of my life.”

— Stan Wolfgramm, in a 2019 essay written for the British Council