KathrynBurnett
- Writer
Kathryn Burnett is a screenwriter, playwright and writing tutor. Her writing spans stage play Nicola Cheeseman Is Back, episodes of Under the Vines, My Life Is Murder, The Brokenwood Mysteries, Fresh Eggs, and award-winning The Tender Trap, The Cul de Sac and The Amazing Extraordinary Friends. Burnett was also story producer for the second series of Secrets at Red Rocks.
Biography
As a child Kathryn Burnett wrote many poems and plays. As an adult, she studied English Literature at Auckland University and journalism at Auckland Institute of Technology.
Her interest in writing for television was piqued after landing a job writing links for game show Perfect Match. She began to consider screenwriting more seriously while living in London in the early 90s.
Screenography
Awards
2021 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Script - Drama (shared with Riwia Brown): for The Tender Trap
2020 Show Me Shorts Film Festival (New Zealand)
Best Screenplay (shared with James Cunningham): for Prickly Jam
“A writing career is a marathon not a sprint. I wish I'd absorbed that advice much, much earlier.”