Writing & Publishing in TBI TV & Audio

Judy Callingham has had a long and varied television career as a reporter, presenter and writer for many NZ classics.

In this ScreenTalk interview Callingham reflects on her career and how she became a writer because she was "appalling" as an actress. Read More »

Aussie import Gavin Strawhan is a screen writer who has had a hand in many of our recent TV drama successes. After assisting with the set up of Shortland Street, Strawhan then teamed with writing colleague Rachel Lang to create the drama series Jackson’s Wharf, Mercy Peak, Lawless, and This is Not My Life. Read More »

Director Gaylene Preston has been stretching NZ film in new directions since her early short films and her first feature, the genre and gender-bending Mr Wrong (1985).

Long devoted to 'communicating local stories to local audiences', Preston features in Deborah Shepard’s newly-released book Her Life’s Work: Conversations with Five New Zealand Women. Read More »

Food, travel and television are synonymous with Peta Mathias.  As well as her TV credits, Mathias has written eight books about food and travel, and leads food tours to her favourite gastronomic hot spots around the world.

In this ScreenTalk interview she discusses her first TV audition, the long-running Taste New Zealand and her new production company, Red Head Media. Read More »

Tom Scott made his name for his portraits - both written and drawn - of politics and politicians, and for getting thrown out of the occasional press conference by Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. Scott has also had a diverse career in the screen industry.
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Veteran television script writer Michael Noonan’s screenography reads a little like a list of New Zealand’s significant early TV dramas, including the historical epic The Governor.

Noonan talks to NZ On Screen about his work, setting up the NZ Writers Guild and the importance of having a good producer/director partnership. Read More »