Wendy Mocke Wendy Mocke i(21164874 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Papua New Guinean
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BiographyHistory

Wendy Mocke is an inter-disciplinary storyteller, graduate of NIDA, and Creative Director of Melanin Haus.

Mocke's play with Phoebe Grainer, Julbu Meri, was included in Darlinghurst Theatre Company's development program in 2020, with dramaturg Rachael Maza and actors Gloria Bose and Abbie Lee-Lewis. The play explores the lived experiences of an Aboriginal woman and Papua New Guinean woman, growing up as black women in Australia.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2023 recipient Malcolm Robertson Writers Program for 'Kirk’s Backyard (My First Caucasian Play)'.
2023 winner Patrick White Playwrights' Award for 'REALish' (awarded in 2024).
2023 winner Griffin Award for New Australian Playwriting for 'I Am Kegu'.
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Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Gold Diggers ( dir. Helena Brooks ) Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2023 25940233 2023 series - publisher film/TV Two sisters, party animal Gert and naive Marigold, try to make their fortune in the 1850s gold-rush town of Dead Horse Gap.
2024 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Narrative Comedy Series
form y separately published work icon It's Fine I'm Fine ( dir. Stef Smith ) Australia : Photoplay Films , 2022 25524210 2022 series - publisher film/TV

'IT'S FINE, I'M FINE is a happy/sad short-form series that follows a suburban psychologist and the ups and downs of her patients as they explore love, loss, anxiety, obsession and the uncertain future ahead. It celebrates the mess and melancholy of life with elements of unexpected magical realism. In times of turmoil we seek comfort in stories of hope, humility and the human condition. The series asks, for all of humanity’s idiosyncrasies and flaws, how or why do we choose to persist and find the magic?'

Source: Screen Australia.
2022 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Online Video or Series
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