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WilliamBrandt

  • Actor
  • Writer
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Actor and writer William Brandt was born to confuse. He has acted in films about writers, written acclaimed novels about the film industry (The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life), and produced documentaries. The NIDA graduate began as an actor. After scoring a starring role in madcap comedy User Friendly a week after returning from two years in Russia, he starred in TV movie Undercover, and romanced Janet Frame in An Angel at my Table. Brandt's writing CV includes award-nominated short My Father's Shoes, play Verbatim, and episodes of Duggan. He teaches short fiction at Victoria University, and creative writing in prisons.

Screenography

Jasmine
2017 As: John Short film
Pound
2015 As: Mason Palmer Short film
2014 As: Roger Hunt Television
2014 As: John Haigh Television
2014 As: Eddie Film

Awards

2005 New Zealand Screen Awards
Nominated for Best Short Film: My Father's Shoes

“It's true that you cannot make a good film without a good script, but at the same time a good script does not equal a good film. Other things have to happen.”

William Brandt, in a 2004 interview on website Lumière