Ghazaleh Gol
- Director
- Actress
- Writer
Ghazaleh Gol is an award winning writer, director and actor.
She directed the first season of the dark comedy Miles from Nowhere (SKY TV) and was one of the writer/directors on the feature drama Kainga which premiered at MIFF where she was selected for the Accelerator Program. With over 100 episodes under her belt, Ghazaleh is also one of the directors of the medical drama Shortland Street, NZ's longest running medical drama television series.
Much of Ghazaleh's work centres on immigrant female characters, particularly from the MENA region with themes around identity and belonging - often through a comedic lens. She published her first book of essays The Girl from Revolution Road in 2020 with Allen&Unwin. She completed a PhD with creative practice in Media and Communication and has studied screenwriting at the University of Southern California, where she also worked for the Sundance Institute.
She directed the first season of the dark comedy Miles from Nowhere (SKY TV) and was one of the writer/directors on the feature drama Kainga which premiered at MIFF where she was selected for the Accelerator Program. With over 100 episodes under her belt, Ghazaleh is also one of the directors of the medical drama Shortland Street, NZ's longest running medical drama television series.
Much of Ghazaleh's work centres on immigrant female characters, particularly from the MENA region with themes around identity and belonging - often through a comedic lens. She published her first book of essays The Girl from Revolution Road in 2020 with Allen&Unwin. She completed a PhD with creative practice in Media and Communication and has studied screenwriting at the University of Southern California, where she also worked for the Sundance Institute.
