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Tom Furniss

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• Age Range: 30-40
• Height: 5' 10"/178cm
• Location: Auckland
• Ethnicity: NZ European

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Tom Furniss is a writer/director of TV in New Zealand, with recent credits including Taskmaster, New Zealand Today, Golden Boy, and
Chris Parker: Back to School Stand Up Special. He has formerly been a writer on the comedy shows 7Days and Jono and Ben, as well as
having written an episode of Power Rangers: Beast Morphers. As a stand up comedian, he has been twice nominated for the Billy T
Award, as well as performed at the Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Festivals. His screenplays have placed twice in the quarter finals of
the Nicholls Academy Fellowship. He was the writer director of the 2011 48 Hour Film competition winning film The Child Jumpers. In
2022 production will begin on his first feature film, ‘The Mountain’, to be directed by Rachel House and produced by Taika Waititi’s Piki
Films. His short film Rustling is currently on a successful festival run, playing in competition for Best NZ Short at the New Zealand
International Film Festival, as well as in competition at the Academy Award Qualifying Palm Springs Int ShortFest and Melbourne
International Film Festival.

Awards

2019 Academy Nicholls Quarterfinalist – The Mountain
2019 Academy Nicholls Quarterfinalist – Daisy
2015 Nominee Best Short – NZ Film Awards Mi Amigo Mandarina
2013 Billy T Nominee
2012 Billy T Nominee
2011 National Winner V48 hours – The Child Jumpers

Production

Year

Production (Role)

Production Company / Director

Year

2021

Production (Role) The Mountain (Writer)

Production Company / Director Piki Films / Dir: Rachel House

Year

2021

Production (Role) Taskmaster NZ (Series DIrector)

Production Company / Director TVNZ

Year

2021

Production (Role) New Zealand Today (Episode Director)

Production Company / Director TVNZ

Year

2021

Production (Role) Dox (Additional Writing)

Production Company / Director Piki Films

Year

2020

Production (Role) Golden Boy (Episode Director)

Production Company / Director TV3

Year

2018

Production (Role) Power Rangers: Beast Morphers (Teleplay By)

Production Company / Director Hasbro

Year

2015

Production (Role) 7 Days of Sport (Associate Producer)

Production Company / Director TV3

Year

2014 - 2019

Production (Role) 7 Days (Head / Staff Writer)

Production Company / Director TV3

Year

2014 - 2016

Production (Role) Jono & Ben (Head / Staff Writer)

Production Company / Director TV3

Year

2013 - 2014

Production (Role) Best Bits (Contributing Writer)

Production Company / Director The Downlow Concept

Year

2022

Production (Role) Taskmaster S3 (Writer / Director)

Production Company / Director Kevin & Co

Year

2022

Production (Role) Chris Parker: Back To School Comedy Special (Director)

Production Company / Director

Television

Year

Production (Role)

Production Company / Director

Year

2019

Production (Role) 7 Days (Panel Guest)

Production Company / Director MediaWorks TV / Dir: Nigel Carpenter

Tom Furniss is a writer/director of TV in New Zealand, with recent credits including Taskmaster, New Zealand Today, Golden Boy, and
Chris Parker: Back to School Stand Up Special. He has formerly been a writer on the comedy shows 7Days and Jono and Ben, as well as
having written an episode of Power Rangers: Beast Morphers. As a stand up comedian, he has been twice nominated for the Billy T
Award, as well as performed at the Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Festivals. His screenplays have placed twice in the quarter finals of
the Nicholls Academy Fellowship. He was the writer director of the 2011 48 Hour Film competition winning film The Child Jumpers. In
2022 production will begin on his first feature film, ‘The Mountain’, to be directed by Rachel House and produced by Taika Waititi’s Piki
Films. His short film Rustling is currently on a successful festival run, playing in competition for Best NZ Short at the New Zealand
International Film Festival, as well as in competition at the Academy Award Qualifying Palm Springs Int ShortFest and Melbourne
International Film Festival.

2019 Academy Nicholls Quarterfinalist – The Mountain
2019 Academy Nicholls Quarterfinalist – Daisy
2015 Nominee Best Short – NZ Film Awards Mi Amigo Mandarina
2013 Billy T Nominee
2012 Billy T Nominee
2011 National Winner V48 hours – The Child Jumpers

Year

Production (Role)

Production Company / Director

Year

2021

Production (Role) The Mountain (Writer)

Production Company / Director Piki Films / Dir: Rachel House

Year

2021

Production (Role) Taskmaster NZ (Series DIrector)

Production Company / Director TVNZ

Year

2021

Production (Role) New Zealand Today (Episode Director)

Production Company / Director TVNZ

Year

2021

Production (Role) Dox (Additional Writing)

Production Company / Director Piki Films

Year

2020

Production (Role) Golden Boy (Episode Director)

Production Company / Director TV3

Year

2018

Production (Role) Power Rangers: Beast Morphers (Teleplay By)

Production Company / Director Hasbro

Year

2015

Production (Role) 7 Days of Sport (Associate Producer)

Production Company / Director TV3

Year

2014 - 2019

Production (Role) 7 Days (Head / Staff Writer)

Production Company / Director TV3

Year

2014 - 2016

Production (Role) Jono & Ben (Head / Staff Writer)

Production Company / Director TV3

Year

2013 - 2014

Production (Role) Best Bits (Contributing Writer)

Production Company / Director The Downlow Concept

Year

2022

Production (Role) Taskmaster S3 (Writer / Director)

Production Company / Director Kevin & Co

Year

2022

Production (Role) Chris Parker: Back To School Comedy Special (Director)

Production Company / Director

Year

Production (Role)

Production Company / Director

Year

2019

Production (Role) 7 Days (Panel Guest)

Production Company / Director MediaWorks TV / Dir: Nigel Carpenter

Training:

AWARDS • 2019 Academy Nicholls Quarterfinalist – The Mountain • 2019 Academy Nicholls Quarterfinalist – Daisy • 2015 Nominee Best Short – NZ Film Awards Mi Amigo Mandarina • 2013 Billy T Nominee • 2012 Billy T Nominee • 2011 National Winner V48 hours – The Child Jumpers EDUCATION • Bachelor of Arts – Major in Screen studies and English from the University of Waikato and the University of California Santa Barbara

Accents & Dialects:
(* = native)

New Zealand*

Performance:

Comedy, Musical Comedy

Other Skills:

Comedian

Height:

5' 10"/178cm

Eye Colour:

Blue

Hair Colour:

Black

Hair Length:

Short

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Voice Character & Quality:

Friendly, Laid Back, Youthful

Accents & Dialects:
(* = native)

New Zealand*

Tom Furniss is a writer/director of TV in New Zealand, with recent credits including Taskmaster, New Zealand Today, Golden Boy, and
Chris Parker: Back to School Stand Up Special. He has formerly been a writer on the comedy shows 7Days and Jono and Ben, as well as
having written an episode of Power Rangers: Beast Morphers. As a stand up comedian, he has been twice nominated for the Billy T
Award, as well as performed at the Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Festivals. His screenplays have placed twice in the quarter finals of
the Nicholls Academy Fellowship. He was the writer director of the 2011 48 Hour Film competition winning film The Child Jumpers. In
2022 production will begin on his first feature film, ‘The Mountain’, to be directed by Rachel House and produced by Taika Waititi’s Piki
Films. His short film Rustling is currently on a successful festival run, playing in competition for Best NZ Short at the New Zealand
International Film Festival, as well as in competition at the Academy Award Qualifying Palm Springs Int ShortFest and Melbourne
International Film Festival.

2019 Academy Nicholls Quarterfinalist – The Mountain
2019 Academy Nicholls Quarterfinalist – Daisy
2015 Nominee Best Short – NZ Film Awards Mi Amigo Mandarina
2013 Billy T Nominee
2012 Billy T Nominee
2011 National Winner V48 hours – The Child Jumpers

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