DavidBrechin-Smith
- Writer
David Brechin-Smith is an award-winning scriptwriter. Nominated for Lovebites and The Strip, he won awards for The Insider's Guide to Happiness and prequel show The Insiders Guide to Love. He created and wrote drama series The Hothouse and worked on thriller The Cult. His credits also include comedy-drama show Paradise Café, and movies Lowdown Dirty Criminals and The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell.
Screenography
Biography
David Brechin-Smith counts himself fortunate to have written for TV shows like The Insiders Guide to Happiness, The Strip and The Cult. The shows were not only fun to work on — "they gave me a licence to be creative; we were given a lot of freedom to experiment."
Awards
2020 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Children's Programme (with Yvonne Mackay and Ranea Aperahama): He Paki Taonga i a Māui
2011 Swanz Awards (NZ Writers Guild Scriptwriters Awards)
Nominated for Best Feature Film Script (with Brendan Donovan): The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell
“The series has style and pace to burn.”