Rachel Lang MNZM is a New Zealand television screenwriter, executive producer and actor.[1] She co-created the television series Outrageous Fortune, Go Girls, This Is Not My Life, Mercy Peak, Nothing Trivial, The Blue Rose, and Filthy Rich. She was awarded an MNZM in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to television.[2][3][4]

Career

Lang graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1982 with a Diploma in Acting.[5] Lang's first work in script writing was as a script editor at TVNZ in the 1980s. She worked on episodes of Shark in the Park, Open House and movie Mark II.

From 1992 until 2000 she worked on Shortland Street, starting as a story liner then moving on to roles as story editor and executive producer. She was the first New Zealander employed as story editor on the show, with previous story editors employed from Australia.

In 1999 she created Jackson's Wharf, one of her first collaborations with Gavin Strawhan. They would go on to work together on Mercy Peak and Maddigan's Quest.

Filmography

Film

Title Year Credited as Notes
Writer
13 Suspects 2018 Yes Short film

Television

Title Year Credited as Network Notes
Creator Writer Executive
producer
Open House 1986–87 No No No Television One Story editor
Gloss 1987 No No No Network Two Script editor
Shark in the Park 1989–91 No No No Television One Story editor
Script editor
Shortland Street 1992 No No No Channel 2 Storyliner
City Life 1998 No Yes (1) Yes TV2
Lawless 1999 Devised No No TV2 Television film
Script editor
Jackson's Wharf 1999–2001 Yes Yes (8) Yes TV2 Executive producer (season 2)
Lawless: Dead Evidence 2000 Yes No No TV2 Television film
Lawless: Beyond Justice 2001 Yes No No TV2 Television film
Script editor
Mercy Peak 2001–04 Yes Yes (8) Yes TV One
Outrageous Fortune 2005–10 Yes Yes (35) Yes TV3 Script editor (series 3–6)
Maddigan's Quest 2006 Developer Yes (8) No TV3 Script editor
Honest 2008 Yes No No ITV
Go Girls 2009–13 Yes Yes (22) Yes TV2
This Is Not My Life 2010 Yes Yes (4) Yes TV One
The Almighty Johnsons 2011–12 Yes Yes (2) Yes TV3 Executive producer (series 1–2: 22 episodes)
Nothing Trivial 2011–14 Yes Yes (20) Yes TV One
The Blue Rose 2013 Yes Yes (7) Yes TV3
Step Dave 2014 No Yes (3) No TV2
When We Go to War 2015 No Yes (4) No TV One
Westside 2015–20 Yes Yes (4) No Three
Filthy Rich 2016–17 Yes Yes (16) Yes TVNZ 2
Hyde & Seek 2016 Yes Yes (5) No Nine Network
Dirty Laundry 2017 Yes No Yes TVNZ 1
Bad Mothers 2019 Yes Yes (5) Yes Nine Network

Awards

Year Award Category Title Result
1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards Best Script Shortland Street Nominated
2005 Qantas Television Awards Best Script - Non-Factual Programme or Series Outrageous Fortune, "The Cause of this Defect" Won
2006 Outrageous Fortune Nominated
2007 Nominated
2008 Best Script, Drama/Comedy Programme Won
2009 Won
2010 Go Girls Nominated
2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards Best Script - Drama Series or Serial Outrageous Fortune Nominated
2007 Best Script, Drama - Television Outrageous Fortune, episode 16 Nominated
Maddigan's Quest, episode 5 Nominated
2012 Monte Carlo TV Festival Outstanding International Producer - Drama Series Nothing Trivial Nominated

References

  1. "Twelve Questions with Rachel Lang". NZ Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. "Queen's Birthday Honours 2017 - Citations for members of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Queen's Birthday Honours 2017 - Citations for members of the New Zealand Order of Merit. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. "Honoured TV script writer Rachel Lang's passion for theatre traces back to her Napier youth". NZ Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. Screen, NZ On. "Rachel Lang | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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