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Kathryn Burnett(I)

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Kathryn Burnett
Kathryn is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright and script consultant based in New Zealand. She has significant television and film credits - including "Under The Vines" and "The Tender Trap" (2020) a tele-feature for which she picked up Best Script - Drama award at the NZ Television Awards w Riwia Brown.

She was recently a writer on the Australian/NZ co-production "My Life is Murder", "The Sounds" (2019) and the award-winning TV series "Fresh Eggs" (2019). She is on the writing team for a sci-fi series in development with (HBO) and was script editor on "Black Hands" (2021 6 part limited series - Warner Bros.) She has several TV series and two feature films in development - one of which is with Tim White & Andrew Adamson. Her latest play "The Campervan" is scheduled for production in 2022.
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      • 1 win total

    Known for

    Mike Edward, Craig Hall, Luanne Gordon, Dion Murphy, Mark Sant, and Boyd Bishop in The Strip (2002)
    The Strip
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Writer
    The Cult (2009)
    The Cult
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Writer
    The Amazing Extraordinary Friends (2007)
    The Amazing Extraordinary Friends
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Writer
    The Cul De Sac (2016)
    The Cul De Sac
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Writer

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    • Charles Edwards and Rebecca Gibney in Under the Vines (2021)
      Under the Vines
      7.3
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2021–2024
    • My Life Is Murder (2019)
      My Life Is Murder
      7.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2021–2024
    • The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014)
      The Brokenwood Mysteries
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Rima Te Wiata in The Tender Trap (2021)
      The Tender Trap
      6.2
      • co-writer
      • 2021
    • The Sounds (2020)
      The Sounds
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • storyliner
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Prickly Jam (2019)
      Prickly Jam
      Short
      • writer
      • 2019
    • Fresh Eggs (2019)
      Fresh Eggs
      7.1
      TV Series
      • storyliner
      • story liner
      • writer
      • 2019
    • The Cul De Sac (2016)
      The Cul De Sac
      5.7
      TV Series
      • storyliner
      • written by
      • story development
      • 2016–2018
    • Shelved (2013)
      Shelved
      6.4
      Short
      • writer
      • 2013
    • The Amazing Extraordinary Friends (2007)
      The Amazing Extraordinary Friends
      6.7
      TV Series
      • storyliner
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • The Cult (2009)
      The Cult
      5.7
      TV Series
      • creator
      • story
      • 2009
    • The Lost Children (2006)
      The Lost Children
      8.2
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2006
    • Holly's Heroes (2005)
      Holly's Heroes
      6.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2005
    • Mike Edward, Craig Hall, Luanne Gordon, Dion Murphy, Mark Sant, and Boyd Bishop in The Strip (2002)
      The Strip
      7.2
      TV Series
      • additional material by
      • 2002
    • Street Legal (2000)
      Street Legal
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2000–2003

    Script and Continuity Department



    • Floundering
      • script consultant
      • Completed
      • Short



    • Joyena Sun, Jess Hong, and Eden Hart in Grafted (2024)
      Grafted
      5.6
      • script consultant
      • 2024
    • Episodes from Apocalypse (2022)
      Episodes from Apocalypse
      5.2
      • script consultant
      • 2022
    • Daniel Sanches in Daniel (2020)
      Daniel
      Short
      • script consultant
      • 2020
    • Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek in The Breaker Upperers (2018)
      The Breaker Upperers
      5.9
      • script consultant
      • 2018
    • Cradle (2016)
      Cradle
      5.8
      Short
      • script consultant
      • 2016
    • The Cul De Sac (2016)
      The Cul De Sac
      5.7
      TV Series
      • script consultant
      • 2016
    • The Devil's Rock (2011)
      The Devil's Rock
      5.7
      • script consultant
      • 2011
    • Poppy (2009)
      Poppy
      7.8
      Short
      • script editor
      • 2009
    • The Ferryman (2007)
      The Ferryman
      4.7
      • script editor
      • 2007
    • Ian Mune in Pulling Up Stumps
      Pulling Up Stumps
      Short
      • script consultant

    Additional Crew



    • Kitten Witch (2016)
      Kitten Witch
      6.6
      Short
      • story editor
      • 2016

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      Author "Has Johnny Come Lately?" (A book of humourous essays) Publisher HarperCollins

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