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PhilGifford

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Though best known as a sports writer and radio DJ, Phil Gifford’s long career has also seen a number of noteworthy screen encounters — including top-selling rugby videos, an acclaimed feature film and sketch-writing for late legend Billy T James.

Screenography

Billy T: Te Movie
2011 Writer, Subject Film
Rocked the Nation: 100 New Zealand Sporting Moments
2011 Subject Series
Rocked the Nation
2008 - 2011 Subject Series
Chasing the Lions
2005 Subject Short film
The Whistle Blowers
2004 Subject Television

Biography

Phil Gifford has certainly put in the hours: 25 years of getting up at early for breakfast radio slots; three decades of writing weekly columns; and more than 17 books. Along the way Gifford has accumulated 14 radio awards, and a rare double win as Sports Journalist of the year.

Awards

2010 SPARC Award
for Lifetime Services to Sports Journalism

“I wouldn't have been the greatest scriptwriter in the history of the world, and Billy could take stuff that I thought was absolute rubbish and make it somehow funny.”

— A modest Phil Gifford on the alchemy of writing skits with Billy T (from Matt Elliott's Billy T bio)

Related images

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That's Fairly Interesting reporters, from left to right Neil Roberts, Sue Kedgley, Phil Gifford and Tim Shadbolt.
Kindly supplied by The Dominion Post.
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That's Fairly Interesting second series presenters (from left) Phil Gifford, Eliza Bidois, Neil Roberts and Kerry Smith.
Kindly supplied by the Dominion Post.