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Summary
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
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Production Company / Director
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The Mountain (Writer)
Production Company / Director
Piki Films / Dir: Rachel House
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Taskmaster NZ (Series DIrector)
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TVNZ
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New Zealand Today (Episode Director)
Production Company / Director
TVNZ
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Dox (Additional Writing)
Production Company / Director
Piki Films
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Golden Boy (Episode Director)
Production Company / Director
TV3
Production (Role)
Power Rangers: Beast Morphers (Teleplay By)
Production Company / Director
Hasbro
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7 Days of Sport (Associate Producer)
Production Company / Director
TV3
Production (Role)
7 Days (Head / Staff Writer)
Production Company / Director
TV3
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Jono & Ben (Head / Staff Writer)
Production Company / Director
TV3
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Best Bits (Contributing Writer)
Production Company / Director
The Downlow Concept
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Taskmaster S3 (Writer / Director)
Production Company / Director
Kevin & Co
Production (Role)
Chris Parker: Back To School Comedy Special (Director)
Production Company / Director
Television
Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
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
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The Mountain (Writer)
Production Company / Director
Piki Films / Dir: Rachel House
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Taskmaster NZ (Series DIrector)
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TVNZ
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New Zealand Today (Episode Director)
Production Company / Director
TVNZ
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Dox (Additional Writing)
Production Company / Director
Piki Films
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Golden Boy (Episode Director)
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TV3
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Power Rangers: Beast Morphers (Teleplay By)
Production Company / Director
Hasbro
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7 Days of Sport (Associate Producer)
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TV3
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7 Days (Head / Staff Writer)
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TV3
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Jono & Ben (Head / Staff Writer)
Production Company / Director
TV3
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Best Bits (Contributing Writer)
Production Company / Director
The Downlow Concept
Production (Role)
Taskmaster S3 (Writer / Director)
Production Company / Director
Kevin & Co
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Chris Parker: Back To School Comedy Special (Director)
Production Company / Director
Year
Production (Role)
Production Company / Director
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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:
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Voice Character & Quality:
Friendly, Laid Back, Youthful
Accents & Dialects:
(* = native)
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