Development-the-Movie

Michele writes: I very much enjoyed the script, as tricky as lace and that was part of the pleasure. It mirrors experiences I have had in film over the years. I do believe this project is important. Louise is a stimulating character in terms of my actor’s imagination, I can see her and I liked the delicacy of the relationship between Louise and her mother.

Michele was born in Dunedin in 1961. She has a degree in Performing Arts from the New Zealand Drama School and has spent most of her working life acting and directing for stage and television. Her most recent acting award was the 2008 Orbit Corporate Travel Award for Supporting Actress of the Year, with Jane Waddell, for her part in Mammals.

Michele’s short film Redial, which she wrote and directed, was selected for competition in the 2002 Venice Film Festival.

Michele has an MA in Creative Writing from Victoria University and was the Adam prize-winner in 2005. Her first book of poetry After the Dance (VUP) was short-listed for the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for first best book of poetry in the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards and nominated for the 2008 Prize in Modern Letters. She won first prize in the Wellington Sonnet competition in 2008. She lives in Wellington.