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DonnaMalane

  • Producer
  • Writer
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Donna Malane, who runs company Lippy Pictures with writer Paula Boock, is an award-winning producer and screenwriter. She has written a wide variety of television including drama, fantasy, children’s drama, sketch comedy and documentary. Malane is also the author of a number of books, including acclaimed crime novel Surrender.

Screenography

The Gulf
2019 - 2021 Producer, Creator, Writer Series
2016 Writer, Producer Television
2014 Producer, Writer Television
2014 Writer, Producer Television
2011 Writer, Producer Television

Biography

Donna Malane is an award-winning producer and writer. She began her screen career writing short reconstructions of crimes for the long-running Crimewatch, under the "hard but brilliant" tutelage of television veteran Michael Scott-Smith. "They were all little dramas really, so it was great training."

Awards

2021 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Drama Series: The Gulf - Season 2

2017 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Feature Drama: Jean
Best Script - Drama (shared with Paula Boock): Jean

“Donna’s great talent is in developing deeply believable and complex characters.”

Director Yvonne Mackay