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Roseanne Liang

Director, Writer

Chinese-Kiwi Roseanne Liang first made a splash in 2005 with Banana in a Nutshell, which chronicled her romance with a European Kiwi. Later she turned her experiences into acclaimed movie My Wedding and Other Secrets. After making five seasons of web series Flat3/Friday Night Bites, Liang directed high profile  short Do No Harm, award-winning TV series Creamerie and monster on a plane movie Shadow in the Cloud.

It takes a person outside of culture to really see it for what it is, and I get the best of both worlds. I get to take from everything and then maybe mush it together in a way that has never been seen before... Roseanne, on how being a Chinese-New Zealander is a blessing, in her interview for 2019 TV series Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedyew

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Interview

Roseanne Liang - Funny As Interview

Interview, 2019

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Shadow in the Cloud

2021, Director, Writer - Film

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Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy

2019, Subject - Television

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Friday Night Bites - Series Two

2018, Creator, Director, Writer, Producer - Web

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Do No Harm

2017, Director, Writer, Executive Producer - Short Film

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Loading Docs 2017 - Asian Men Talk About Sex

2017, Directing Supervisor - Web

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Friday Night Bites

2016 - 2018, Director, Writer, Editor - Web

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Friday Night Bites - Series One

2016, Creator, Writer, Director, Producer, As: Alternate Perlina (episode 2) - Web

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K' Road Stories - Sugar Hit

2015, Director, Writer, Editor - Web

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The Dark Horse

2014, As: Young Nurse - Film

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The Brokenwood Mysteries

2015, As: Lucy - Television

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Flat3 - Series Three

2014, Writer, Director, Producer - Web

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Rooster Rooster Dragon Rat - Oscar's Guide to the Chinese Zodiac

2013, Subject - Television

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Flat3

2013, Creator, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor - Web

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My Wedding and Other Secrets

2011, Director, Writer - Film

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A Thousand Apologies

2008, Director, Writer, As: Various roles - Television

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A Thousand Apologies - First Episode

2008, Director, Writer, As: Various roles - Television

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Take 3

2007, Director, Writer, Editor - Short Film

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Coffee & Allah

2007, Assistant Editor - Short Film

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Here to Stay - The Chinese

2007, Subject - Television

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Banana in a Nutshell

2005, Director, Writer, Subject, Editor, Producer - Film

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Secret Agent Men

2003 - 2004, Assistant Editor - Television

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Being Eve - Being Upstaged

2002, Assistant Editor - Television

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Mataku - The Fishing Trip (Te Hi Ika)

2002, Assistant Editor - Television

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Shortland Street

2005, As: Melissa Young - Television