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AliceSnedden

  • Writer
  • Director
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Alice Snedden grew up in a "big, rambling house with an open-door policy" in Ponsonby, and as a law student bartended at Auckland's iconic Basement Theatre. It was there she first began stand-up comedy, the path that led to her prolific screen career. Snedden was head writer on comedy shows Jono and Ben, Funny Girls and Golden Boy (which she co-created), as well as as fronting web series Alice Snedden's Bad News. She spent time in London to write and direct romantic comedy Starstruck with longtime collaborator Rose Matefeo, then returned home to co-create series Double Parked and produce more episodes of Bad News.

Screenography

Double Parked
2023 Writer Television
Starstruck
2021 - 2023 Director, Writer, As: Amelia (party guest), Associate Producer Series
2020 As: Antenatal Teacher Film
2020 Writer Television
2020 Writer Series

Awards

2023 New Zealand Television Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Nominated for Best Presenter - Entertainment: for Alice Snedden's Bad News

2018 Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Script - Comedy: for Funny Girls
Nominated in the same category (with Ben Boyce and Jono Pryor): for Jono & Ben, series seven
Nominated for Best Web Series (with Leon Wadham and Sarah Zwart): for Alice Snedden's Bad News

“I think in serious issues there's always room for a bit of levity. The darkest issues are usually the funniest.”

Alice Snedden on her show Alice Snedden'sBad News, Radio New Zealand, 10 September 2022