Gavin Strawhan
Award-winning scribe Gavin Strawhan is one of the most experienced screenwriters working in New Zealand television. His extended resume includes writing for, and helping create TV shows Nothing Trivial, Filthy Rich, Jackson's Wharf, Mercy Peak, Burying Brian, kidult hit Being Eve, Kaitangata Twitch and futuristic thriller This is Not My Life. He also co-wrote 2010 feature film Matariki.
Write a lot. Don’t sit on one idea and think it’s brilliant. It probably isn’t. Love your characters for all their flaws. Write a lot. Gavin Strawhan’s advice to aspiring script writers
Gavin Strawhan: Writing the favourites...
Interview, 2011
When We Go to War
2015, Writer, Producer - Television
When We Go to War - First Episode (excerpt)
2015, Creator , Writer, Script Editor - Television
Step Dave
2014 - 2015, Writer - Television
Erebus - Operation Overdue
2014, Drama Writer - Television
Step Dave - First Episode
2014, Storyliner - Television
What Really Happened - Votes for Women
2012, Co-Producer, Writer, As: Agitator's sidekick - Television
Nothing Trivial
2011 - 2013, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer - Television
What Really Happened - Waitangi
2011, Co-Producer, Writer - Television
Nothing Trivial - First Episode
2011, Executive Producer, Creator, Writer - Television
Matariki
2010, Associate Producer, Writer - Film
This is Not My Life - First Episode
2010, Creator, Writer, Script Editor, Story/Development, Executive Producer - Television
Kaitangata Twitch
2010, Writer - Television
Kaitangata Twitch - First Episode
2010, Writer - Television
This is Not My Life
2010, Creator, Writer, Story/Development - Television
Go Girls
2009 - 2013, Writer, Creator - Television
Go Girls - First Episode
2009, Script Editor, Writer, Creator , Executive Producer - Television
Burying Brian
2008, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator - Television
Burying Brian - First Episode
2008, Creator, Story Producer, Writer - Television
Interrogation
2005, Creator, Writer - Television
Maddigan's Quest
2005, Writer - Television
Maddigan's Quest - First Episode
2005, Writer - Television
Outrageous Fortune
2005 - 2010, Writer - Television
Being Eve - Being Upstaged
2002, Creator - Television
Being Eve
2001 - 2002, Creator, Writer, Executive Producer - Television
Mercy Peak - First Episode (excerpt)
2001, Creator, Storyliner, Script Editor - Television
Being Eve - Being a Couple
2001, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator - Television
Crooked Earth
2001, Additional Writer - Film
Mercy Peak
2001 - 2003, Creator, Script Editor, Writer, Script - Television
Lawless: Beyond Justice
2000, Writer, Executive Producer - Television
Lawless: Dead Evidence
2000, Writer, Executive Producer - Television
Jackson's Wharf
1999 - 2000, Executive Producer, Storyliner, Script Editor, Writer, Creator - Television
Jackson's Wharf - First Episode
1999, Executive Producer, Creator - Television
Lawless
1999, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator, Story - Television
City Life
1996 - 1998, Writer - Television
City Life - First Episode
1996, Writer - Television
Shortland Street - 1995 Christmas cliffhanger (truck crash)
1995, Producer, Writer - Television
Riding High
1995, Writer - Television
Shortland Street - Tuesday Warner's birth
1995, Producer - Television
Pathways - Pilot Episode
1994, Writer - Short Film
Shortland Street - The birth of Carrie's triplets
1993, Script Supervisor - Television
Shortland Street
1995 - 1996, Producer - Television
Shortland Street - First Episode
1992, Story team - Television