Finnius Teppett
- Locations
- Auckland
Bio
Finnius Teppett is a writer/director based in Auckland. He has an MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) from Victoria University's IIML, and is an award-winning playwright. His play 'My Dad’s Boy' was workshopped at New York’s Against the Grain Festival, and opened Fortune Theatre’s 2017 season.
Finnius is a creator, writer, and director of RNZ webseries 'The Citizen’s Handbook', and his NZFC-funded short film 'Democracy' premiered at NZIFF 2020. In 2023 he was selected for the Great Southern Television Tāhuna Residency in Queenstown. In 2021 his feature screenplay 'I.O.U.' was selected for the inaugural Black List NZ Project.
His plays can be read at Playmarket https://www.playmarket.org.nz/...
Experience
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCEPTED: 2023 Short Film Democracy at the AKFF Prague Festival | |||
| NOMINATED: 2020 Show Me Shorts Best Screenplay for the short film Democracy | |||
| WINNER: 2020 NZIFF Whānau Mārama Best Director & Writer for the shortfilm Democracy | |||
| ACCEPTED: 2022 Short Film Democracy into ShortCom London & Edinburgh Film Festival | |||
| 2024 | Taskmaster NZ S5 | Writer | Kevin & Co. |
| 2022-present | 7 Days | Staff Writer | The Down Low Concept & Three |
| 2023 | Taskmaster Australia S2 | Writer | Kevin & Co. |
| 2023 | Taskmaster NZ S4 | Writer | Kevin & Co. |
| 2022 | The Citizen's Handbook S2 | Writer/Director | Kevin & Co. |
| 2020 | The Citizen's Handbook S1 | Writer | Kevin & Co. |
| 2020 | The Citizen's Handbook : Election Specials | Writer & Director | Kevin & Co. |
| 2020 | Kiddets (TV Series) | Writer | Pukeko Pictures |
| 2020 | Democracy (Short Film) | Writer & Director | Good Times Company |
| 2023 | Tāhuna Residency Queenstown | Artist-in-residence | Great Southern TV |
| 2021 | The Black List NZ | Recipient | The Black List |
| 2020 | FilmUp | Mentorship programme | Script to Screen |
| 2015 | MA (Creative Writing: Scriptwriting) | TRAINING | Victoria University |