Duncan Sarkies
Encyclopedia
Duncan Sarkies is a New Zealand
screenwriter
, playwright
, novelist, stand-up comic and short story writer.
Sarkies grew up in the South Island
city of Dunedin
and is the brother of Robert Sarkies
a New Zealand film director who is also a scriptwriter. Sarkies is best known for writing Scarfies
, a black comedy
-thriller about university students in Dunedin, and New Zealand's sixth-highest-grossing film. He wrote New Fans
, the tenth episode of the comedy series Flight of the Conchords
.
Sarkies debut novel
Two Little Boys was published in March 2008, and is being made into a film (also called Two Little Boys) during 2011.
's Hubert Church NZSA Best First Book of Fiction Award in 2000.
*Published in Eleven Young Playwrights (1994)
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, novelist, stand-up comic and short story writer.
Sarkies grew up in the South Island
South Island
The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...
city of Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
and is the brother of Robert Sarkies
Robert Sarkies
Robert Sarkies is a New Zealand film director and scriptwriter.Sarkies grew up in the South Island city of Dunedin, and his two feature films released to date have been set in Dunedin, or close by. He began making short films as a teenager with fellow filmmaker Simon Perkins...
a New Zealand film director who is also a scriptwriter. Sarkies is best known for writing Scarfies
Scarfies
Scarfies is a low-budget 1999 New Zealand film set in the southern university city of Dunedin. The film's original title comes from the local nickname for university students, scarfie, so called because of the traditional blue and gold scarves worn by students during the city's cool winters in...
, a black comedy
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
-thriller about university students in Dunedin, and New Zealand's sixth-highest-grossing film. He wrote New Fans
New Fans
"New Fans" is the tenth episode of the HBO comedy series Flight of the Conchords. This episode first aired in the United States on Sunday, August 19, 2007.-Plot synopsis:...
, the tenth episode of the comedy series Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords (TV series)
Flight of the Conchords is an American television comedy series that debuted on HBO on June 17, 2007. The show follows the adventures of Flight of the Conchords, a two-man band from New Zealand, as its members seek fame and success in New York City. The show stars the real-life duo, Jemaine Clement...
.
Sarkies debut novel
Debut novel
A debut novel is the first novel an author publishes. Debut novels are the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to publish in the future...
Two Little Boys was published in March 2008, and is being made into a film (also called Two Little Boys) during 2011.
Awards
Sarkies was awarded the Sunday Star Times Bruce Mason Playwriting Award in 1994. In 1995, he won the Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Best New Zealand Play for his 1994 work Saving Grace. In 1998 he was awarded the Louis Johnson New Writers Bursary. His book of short stories Stray Thoughts and Nose Bleeds won the Montana New ZealandMontana New Zealand Book Awards
The New Zealand Post Book Awards are a series of literary awards to works of New Zealand citizens. They were created in 1996, as a merge of the two previously most relevant awards in New Zealand: the Montana Book Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards...
's Hubert Church NZSA Best First Book of Fiction Award in 2000.
Plays
- The Ceramic Camel (1993)
- Lovepuke (1993)*
- Saving Grace (1994)
- Snooze (1997)
- Twelve (1997)
- Blue Vein (1997)
- Special (1997)
- Bystander (1998)
*Published in Eleven Young Playwrights (1994)
Television
- New FansNew Fans"New Fans" is the tenth episode of the HBO comedy series Flight of the Conchords. This episode first aired in the United States on Sunday, August 19, 2007.-Plot synopsis:...
, the tenth episode of the first season of the comedy series Flight of the ConchordsFlight of the Conchords (TV series)Flight of the Conchords is an American television comedy series that debuted on HBO on June 17, 2007. The show follows the adventures of Flight of the Conchords, a two-man band from New Zealand, as its members seek fame and success in New York City. The show stars the real-life duo, Jemaine Clement... - The New CupThe New Cup"The New Cup" is the second episode of the second season of the HBO comedy series Flight of the Conchords. This episode was first aired in the United States on January 25, 2009.-Plot synopsis:...
, the second episode of the second season of the comedy series Flight of the ConchordsFlight of the Conchords (TV series)Flight of the Conchords is an American television comedy series that debuted on HBO on June 17, 2007. The show follows the adventures of Flight of the Conchords, a two-man band from New Zealand, as its members seek fame and success in New York City. The show stars the real-life duo, Jemaine Clement...