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JoeMusaphia

  • Writer
  • Actor
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Self-discipline has never been a problem for Joe Musaphia — he's written over 140 radio plays and dozens of full-length stage plays since 1960. His screen credits include pioneering Kiwi sketch show In View of the Circumstances, New Zealand's first musical Don't Let it Get You, sitcom Between the Lines and hosting childrens’ show Joe’s World. Musaphia has also worked as a columnist, cartoonist and actor.

Biography

Actor, columnist and cartoonist Joe Musaphia once juggled running a Wellington fish and chip shop with writing stage and TV scripts. His CV is eclectic to say the least — he moved between two worlds: everyday working New Zealand and his great love, the theatre.

Screenography

Between the Lines
1986 Writer Series
Comedy Playhouse
1981 - 1983 Writer Series
Today at One
1975 - 1976 Writer, Actor Series

Awards

1971 Feltex Television Awards (New Zealand)
Joint Best Programme: In View of the Circumstances (with Gallery)

1971 Logie Awards (Australia)
Best Comedy: Noel Ferrier's Australia A-Z

“I learnt the hard way that a screenwriter has to be second best to the director, the photographer and the editor. It's not a verbal medium as far as I'm concerned, it's not for the literary types. I know I didn't like the final product. ”

Joe Musaphia on writing the screenplay for movie Don't Let it Get You, in his 2019 interview for Funny As: The Story of NZ Comedy