FionaSamuel
- Director
- Writer
Fiona Samuel, MNZM, has worked prolifically across so many fields that she defies labels. Aside from acting on stage and screen, she is a playwright (The Wedding Party), director (TV movies Bliss and Piece of My Heart), scriptwriter (Consent, Outrageous Fortune) and singer (musical revue Babes in the Mood).
Screenography
Biography
Fiona Samuel began as an actor, and filled the downtime with writing. She has gone on to write scripts, direct, co-host arts show The Big Art Trip, and act in everything from Close to Home to Footrot Flats. With 2011 TV movie Bliss, she became the only woman in over two decades to win awards for directing a New Zealand television drama.
Awards
2023 New Zealand Television Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Nominated for Best Script: Drama (shared with Ally Xue): for Princess of Chaos
2019 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
For services to television and theatre
“The biggest challenges seem to offer the best personal rewards.”