Rachel Lang
Writer Rachel Lang, MNZM, has played a major hand in a host of New Zealand television dramas, including Outrageous Fortune, the iconic saga of a West Auckland family trying to go straight. Her CV also includes the long-running Go Girls, small town dramas Jackson's Wharf and Mercy Peak, plus Westside, The Almighty Johnsons, This is Not My Life, Filthy Rich and The Blue Rose.
I thought the next time I do something I’m going to make it so that no one will be able to ignore it. I wanted big things to happen. Rachel Lang on Outrageous Fortune, Listener, 20 December 2006
RNZ Interview: Outrageous Fortune - Rachel Lang & Carmen Leonard
Interview, 2022
Rachel Lang: Creating favourite TV characters...
Interview, 2010
Westside
2015 - 2020, Creator, Writer, Executive Producer, Script Editor - Television
When We Go to War
2015, Writer - Television
Westside - First Episode
2015, Writer, Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Script Editor - Television
Step Dave
2014 - 2015, Writer - Television
Step Dave - First Episode
2014, Script Editor - Television
The Blue Rose
2013, Creator, Writer - Television
The Blue Rose - Episode One
2013, Writer, Creator , Executive Producer - Television
Nothing Trivial
2011 - 2013, Writer, Script Editor, Creator, Executive Producer - Television
The Almighty Johnsons
2011 - 2013, Writer, Creator - Television
Nothing Trivial - First Episode
2011, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer - Television
The Almighty Johnsons - First Episode
2011, Creator, Executive Producer - Television
This is Not My Life - First Episode
2010, Creator, Executive Producer, Story/Development - Television
This is Not My Life
2010, Creator, Writer, Story/Development - Television
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 5 - Telling Stories
2010, Subject - Television
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity
2010, Subject - Television
Go Girls
2009 - 2013, Creator, Writer - Television
Go Girls - First Episode
2009, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator - Television
Outrageous Fortune - First Episode
2005, Creator, Executive Producer - Television
Maddigan's Quest
2005, Head Writer - Television
Maddigan's Quest - First Episode
2005, Writer - Television
Outrageous Fortune
2005 - 2010, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator - Television
Made in New Zealand - Margaret Mahy
2004, Subject - Television
Mercy Peak - First Episode (excerpt)
2001, Writer, Creator, Creator, Storyliner - Television
Mercy Peak
2001 - 2003, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator - Television
Lawless: Beyond Justice
2000, Script Editor - Television
Jackson's Wharf
1999 - 2000, Writer, Creator - Television
Jackson's Wharf - First Episode
1999, Writer, Creator - Television
Lawless
1999, Creator, Script Editor - Television
Tala Pasifika - Matou Uma
1999, Script Editor - Television
Double Booking
1998, Executive Producer - Television
City Life
1996 - 1998, Executive Producer - Television
City Life - First Episode
1996, Executive Producer - Television
Plainclothes
1995, Writer - Television
Shortland Street - Kirsty and Lionel's wedding
1994, Writer - Television
Shortland Street - The birth of Carrie's triplets
1993, Story Editor - Television
Shortland Street
1992 - 2000, Writer, Executive Producer - Television
Marlin Bay
1992 - 1994, Story - Television
Shark in the Park
1989 - 1991, Story Editor - Television
Gloss - First Episode
1987, Script Editor - Television
The Marching Girls - Mahara's Story
1987, As: Lou - Television
Open House
1986 - 1987, Story Editor - Television