KimHarrop
- Writer
- Producer
Kim Harrop describes writing scripts as "the most exhilarating, challenging, enlightening, masochistic, addictive thing in the world." Harrop spent eight years writing for long-running soap Shortland Street. She has developed several programmes (First Crossings, The New Zealand Home), written and produced internet hit The Coffin Club (2017), and co-created black comedy series Fresh Eggs (2019) with Nick Ward.
Screenography
Biography
Writing has been a lifelong passion for Aucklander Kim Harrop. As a child she wrote plays, and enlisted kids in the neighbourhood to help act out her creations.
In her 20s, Harrop's love of putting pen to paper morphed into a job writing radio adverts. She also worked with a group of upcoming comedians, writing award-winning syndicated radio shows like Starship Cortina and News in Briefs.
Awards
2019 Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Comedy/Comedy Entertainment Programme (with Nick Ward, Britta Hawkins and Philippa Rennie): for Fresh Eggs
“One really fun scene was where a really crappy Renault Fuego I owned was blown up for one of the Christmas cliffhangers. That was ace!”