The following list is not exhaustive \u2014 some commission projects cannot be listed for contractual reasons.<\/p>\n
Some scripts are available on request.<\/p>\n
MISS RIDLING INVESTIGATES<\/span> (2022) FALE A\u012aTU: HOUSE OF SPIRITS<\/span> (2021) DEPARTURES<\/span> (2020) WE ARE MANY<\/span> (2018) STILL LIFE WITH CHICKENS<\/span> (2017) KINGSWOOD<\/span> (2015) GOODBYE MY FELENI<\/span> (2012) BURNING SPEAR<\/span> (2019; 6x60min) FIREBUG<\/span> (2016; 13x60min) SKYBLUE<\/span> (2009; 13x60min) HINENUI<\/span> (2009; 6x60min) M\u0100ORI ON MARS<\/span> (2006; 26x30min; commissioned) HOUSE OF BROWN<\/span> (2005; 6x30min; commissioned) HOATATA<\/span> (2004; 13x30min) GOOD AS GOLD<\/span> (2019; commissioned) KAIKOHE QUEENS<\/span> (2018; commissioned) WAIRUA<\/u> (2009) HOME SECURITY<\/u> (2007; commissioned) HOOKED<\/span> (2007; commissioned) AMATU<\/span> (2005; commissioned) PROFESSIONAL<\/span> (2003) PANDEMONIUM<\/span> (2003; commissioned) AMATEUR<\/span> (2002) SKYBLUE<\/span> (2012; Radio New Zealand) O LE SAMARIA<\/span> (2009; Radio New Zealand) TO’ONA’I<\/span> (2010) THE NEARNESS OF YOU<\/span> (2003) SAMARITAN<\/span> (2002) The following list is not exhaustive \u2014 some commission projects cannot be listed for contractual reasons. Some scripts are available on request. PLAYS MISS RIDLING INVESTIGATES (2022) A retired librarian and a dementing former detective investigate the murder of a fellow retirement village resident. FALE A\u012aTU: HOUSE OF SPIRITS (2021) Newly orphaned siblings RUTH and … <\/p>\n
\nPLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nA retired librarian and a dementing former detective investigate the murder of a fellow retirement village resident.<\/p>\n
\nNewly orphaned siblings RUTH and SAM, in the midst of dealing with their grief and their parents’ estate, are confronted with the newly dead spirits of their parents who refuse to move on.<\/p>\n
\nA son waits for his estranged father’s arrival at Auckland Airport. As his wait stretches into an hour, he reminisces about his evolving relationship with his father from child to adult.<\/p>\n
\nSamoa, 1930. Four Samoan women must each find a reason to continue passive resistance against the New Zealand occupying forces. Inspired by the Womens Mau Movement.<\/p>\n
\nAn old woman befriends a Barnevelder chicken who will listen to her life story without judgement.
\n2019 Dunedin Fringe Festival \u2014 Best Theatre
\n2018 Wellington Theatre Awards \u2014 Outstanding New New Zealand Play
\n2017 Adam Award for Best New Zealand Play<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFour old university friends drive from Auckland to Wellington in a Holden stationwagon. Over two days and 700 kilometres, they must confront forgotten dreams, old jealousies and secret betrayals that threaten their friendship.
\n2015 Adam Award for Best Play by a Pasifika Playwright<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTrentham Army Camp, 1943. Three young Pasifika soldiers rearing to join the war are joined by a returning veteran with a tragic secret that will effect his young charges.
\n2013 NZWG SWANZ Award for Best Play
\n2013 Adam Award for Best Play by a Pasifika Playwright<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTELEVISION<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCrime mystery. <\/em>Three police officers must break ranks to stop the Urewera terror raids from going ahead.
\nEpisodes 01\u201302 scripts and series proposal.
\n2019 David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize for Best Portfolio<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCrime drama. <\/em>A trainee fire investigator begins to lose his grip on his life and starts setting fires.
\nPilot script and series proposal.
\n2016 NZWG Unproduced Television Pilot Script Competition Winner<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMedical drama. <\/em>A year on the front line of a forensic mental health unit.
\nPilot script and series proposal.
\n2011 New Zealand Writers Guild Television Script Competition Co-Winner<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCrime drama. <\/em>A serial rapist is terrorizing South Auckland. A newly promoted police detective can find him \u2014 if only her superiors will believe her.<\/p>\n
\nAnimated adventure. <\/em>M\u0101ori on Mars! What more do you need to know?!
\nDeveloped to telemovie script and first season outline.
\nCreated by Mike Heffernan. Developed by Mike Heffernan and D F Mamea.
\nTelemovie script written by D F Mamea and Mike Heffernan.<\/p>\n
\nMedical drama. <\/em>The loves, lives and work of psychiatrists, with a Sopranos<\/em> twist.
\nDeveloped to pilot script and first season outline.
\nCreated by Amarbir Singh and D F Mamea.
\nPilot written by D F Mamea.<\/p>\n
\nSub\/urban drama. <\/em>Aotearoa New Zealand in microcosm: the lives and times of three families \u2014 M\u0101ori, Samoan and P\u0101keh\u0101 \u2014 in the fictional South Auckland suburb of Tapanui.
\nDeveloped to pilot script and first season outline.
\nCreated by Orlando Stewart.
\nPilot written by D F Mamea and Orlando Stewart.<\/p>\n
\nFEATURES<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nComedy. <\/em>A Topp Twins feature.
\nScreenplay by D F Mamea, from a story by the Topp Twins, Diva Productions, and D F Mamea.<\/p>\n
\nSports drama<\/em>. A disgraced Black Fern is given a shot at redemption to coach an under-13s girls rugby team.
\nScreenplay by D F Mamea, from an idea by Wheke Productions.<\/p>\n
\nMystery. <\/em>The town of Wairua threatens the implode following the sudden, unexpected death of George Wiremu who, it turns out, has been blackmailing a lot of the town residents.<\/p>\n
\nThriller<\/em>. The blackmail video of a powerful security contractor comes into the possession of a suicidal film director who must decide between his own needs and those of his country.
\nScript development by D F Mamea, based on an idea by David Blyth.<\/p>\n
\nDrama<\/em>. One woman’s journey of discovery and redemption through sex, lust, power and death. Based on a true story.
\nScript development by D F Mamea for ILA Films.<\/p>\n
\nHorror comedy. <\/em>Previously A Japanese Werewolf in Auckland<\/em> before legal got involved. A uniquely Kiwi-flavoured take on a beast let loose in Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest city.
\nScreenplay by D F Mamea, based on a story by Ygnacio Cervio and D F Mamea.<\/p>\n
\nAction. <\/em>A mercenary seeking sanctuary from his past. A sedentary corporate drone bent on revenge. A lawyer putting her life back together after a gruelling divorce. These three will discover unexpected connections as one pursues the others from the snow-covered Otago highlands to a corporate highrises of Auckland.<\/p>\n
\nA psychosexual erotic thriller.
\nScreenplay by D F Mamea, based on a story by David Blyth.<\/p>\n
\nAction. <\/em>An action-film junkie must step up: when the damsel in distress doesn’t need your help, the bullets are terrifyingly real, and it’s your life at stake \u2014 it’s who’s still standing that’s the difference between a professional and an amateur.<\/p>\n
\nRADIO<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAn adaptation of the writer’s pilot script of the same name.
\n2013 New Zealand Radio Award for Best Dramatic Production<\/em><\/p>\n
\nA retelling of the Good Samaritan parable, set deep in the subtropical forest of Samoa.<\/p>\n
\nSHORTS<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nA short film on life, love and loss.<\/p>\n
\nWhere do gods go when the love has gone? Set to Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald’s classic, a Neil Gaiman Sandman<\/em>– and Eddie Campbell Deadface<\/em>-inspired rumination on belief faith and perception.<\/p>\n
\nA retelling of the Good Samaritan parable, set deep in the subtropical forest of Samoa. Later adapted for Radio New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"