When Linda Jones applies for a jockey's license and is refused, she must find a way to break through the 'grass ceiling' to become the first female jockey in New Zealand.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
80pp
Genre:
Biography
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
Everyone
Based On:
A true life story
Studio/Financer:
NZ. Had Development funding from TVNZ/NZOA via Topshelf Productions Ltd
Copyright Details:
NZWG New Zealand Sunset clause returned script rights to me
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Submitted: 2021-Oct-07
Last Updated: 2021-Oct-07
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The Writer: Claire Ashton

Scriptwriter - I have written two full length feature films. One movie, ' That Jones Girl' was written as a tele-feature for the Platinum fund with New Zealand on Air/Television NZ and was developed to first draft by the network. For that, I wrote the pitch document and a comprehensive 30 pg treatment. 'Vena Cava' or 'Hostess' is an adaptation of a novel about women working in the Hostess scene in Tokyo. I wrote this during my Master's Degree in Scriptwriting at the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. I was awarded the Best Script prize out of a class of 10. Co-writer of a feature treatment, called 'Crazy Bitch' with writer/… Go to bio
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