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OwenBlack

  • Actor
  • Producer
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Actor Owen Black has demonstrated his knack for drama and comedy on both stage and screen. In 2008 he was Qantas Award nominated for his role as dodgy doctor Ethan Pierce on Shortland Street. In 2015 TV movie Abandoned, he was one of the crew on capsized trimaran Rose-Noëlle. Black has worked behind the scenes on a trio of movies: he co-wrote drama Luella Miller, produced and starred as drifter Stanley Harris in thriller Netherland, and co-produced action comedy The Legend of Baron To'a. No stranger to comedy, Black co-starred in flatmate tale Leeway. In his web series Pariah, he played a farmer pining for musical fame.  

Screenography

The Gone
2023 As: Frank Pastors Series
2020 Producer, Original Story Film
Pariah
2020 Creator, Producer, As: Pariah Series
Straight Forward
2019 As: Gillard Series
Leeway
2018 Writer, As: Allen, Co-Director Series

Awards

2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards
Nominated for Best Self-Funded Film: Netherwood

2012 Nevada Film Festival (United States)
Nominated for Best Feature Film: Netherwood

“We ended up shooting the whole series — we shot nine episodes of this thing — and it's all spontaneous and it's all unscripted, and in mostly one take. Which is an awesome way to work.”

Owen Black on filming web series Pariah, in an interview with radio station RDU, 25 November 2020