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KathleenGallagher

  • Director
  • Writer
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Kathleen Gallagher began writing plays after discovering how few women playwrights there were. Politicised by the kindness of (often poor) strangers met on overseas travels, she has gone on to write 15+ plays, poetry, and a novel. She has also directed a number of documentaries reflecting her interest in the environment, spirituality, and the peace movement. Gallagher's environmental work includes her trilogy of Whisperers documentaries (2009 - 2011), Seven Rivers Walking — Haere Mārire (2017), co-directed with Gaylene Barnes, and Rohe Kōreporepo — The Swamp, the Sacred Place (2021) co-directed with Kate Goodwin. 

Screenography

2021 Co-Director, Writer, Producer Film
Hautu
2016 Director Film
Sky Whisperers Ranganui
2011 Director, Writer, Producer Film
Water Whisperers Tangaroa
2010 Director, Writer, Producer Film

Awards

2004 Sonja Davies Peace Award (New Zealand)
For Tau Te Mauri - Breath Of Peace

“Kathleen’s work is often an expression of her life values.”

Writer Janet Joyce in a Chrysalis Seeds Trust interview, June 2007, page 4