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MichelanneForster

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Michelanne Forster is a playwright, scriptwriter and author, who moved from her native California to New Zealand in the 1970s. After training as a teacher, she began her career as a writer, producer and director of children’s programmes with TVNZ. She played a large part in making the long-running Play School more relevant to a Kiwi audience, and later worked on children's shows Spot On, What Now and After School.

Screenography

Making Italy Home
2006 Writer Television
Bumble
1999 - 2002 Writer, Script Editor Series
The Big Chair
1998 - 2001 Writer, Script Editor Series
Posy Narkers - Five Episodes
1995 Writer - Christmas Special, Script Editor Television
Kid's World
1982 Field Director Film

Biography

Michelanne Forster moved to New Zealand from the United States in 1972. Eight years later she joined TVNZ, as a script editor for long-running pre-school programme Play School.

“I attribute much of my successful writing and publishing career to the decade I spent making children's television programmes at TVNZ, where I honed my writing skills and developed strong bonds with many of New Zealand's best-loved children's authors.”

— Michelanne Forster