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GrantMorris

  • Writer
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After cutting his teeth on South Pacific Television soap Radio Waves, Christchurch-born Grant Morris went on to write comedy (The Billy T James Show) and children’s classic Count Homogenized — plus help create drama series Heroes and Inside Straight. Morris has continued to write since relocating to the United States in 1985, and is now a DJ on radio station It's New Orleans.

Screenography

2011 Subject Film
Dead Dog
2001 Writer Film
1987 Writer Film
1984 Writer Television

Biography

The adventures of Grant Morris - Scriptwriter have seen instalments in Israel, Auckland supermarkets and Hollywood development hell. Christchurch-raised Morris was stacking shelves in a Karangahape Road basement when he was invited to write for television. His boss at a wholesale supermarket was so surprised to hear the news, he wrote out an unsolicited reference on the spot.

Awards

1986 Golden Rose of Montreaux (Switzerland)
For: The Orchestra

“There were no other TV channels to watch so there wasn’t much pressure on anybody to perform — which was maybe why the shows were by and large pretty good.”

Grant Morris, on writing for Kiwi television in the 70s and early 80s
Grant Morris | NZ On Screen