Briar Grace Smith
Writing · Screenplay · Director · Writer
Active 2009–present · Awards: Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Bruce Mason Playwriting Award
Briar Grace-Smith is a screenwriter, director, actor, and short story writer from New Zealand. She has worked as an actor and writer with the Māori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari and Māori theatre company He Ara Hou.
Filmography
Tangata Pai (2025) — WriterBelief: The Possession of Janet Moses (2015) — Janet’s Maternal FamilyFresh Meat (2012) — ScreenplayWaru (2017) — Director · WriterCousins (2021) — Older Makareta · Writer · DirectorThe Strength of Water (2009) — WriterSwift Street (2024) — WriterKaitangata Twitch (2010) — WriterRūrangi (2020) — Aunty IriKrystal (2019) — DirectorBilly (2011) — WriterThe Boy, the Queen and Everything in Between (2024) — Script Editor