Screenplay: James Griffin

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by James Griffin. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Scoundrels (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction James Griffin · Rachel Lang · Michael Katleman · Julie Anne Robinson

Cast Virginia Madsen · Patrick Flueger · Leven Rambin · David James Elliott

Synopsis TV Series (2010). 8 Episodes. A crime family tries to go straight when the patriarch goes to prison.

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Outrageous Fortune (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 45 min. · New Zealand

Direction Britta Hawkins · Simon Bennett · Mark Beesley · Murray Keane

Cast Robyn Malcolm · Antony Starr · Siobhan Marshall · Antonia Prebble

Synopsis When career criminal Wolfgang West gets put away for four years, his wife Cheryl decides it's time for her family to go straight. But can the Wests change the habits of a lifetime?

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800 Words (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 50 min. · New Zealand

Direction James Griffin · Maxine Fleming · Mike Smith · Michael Hurst

Cast Erik Thomson · Melina Vidler · Benson Jack Anthony · Michelle Langstone

Synopsis A recently widowed father quits his job as a popular 800-word columnist for a top-selling Sydney newspaper.

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The Almighty Johnsons (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 47 min. · New Zealand

Direction James Griffin · Rachel Lang · Murray Keane · Mark Beesley

Cast Emmett Skilton · Timothy Balme · Dean O'Gorman · Jared Turner

Synopsis The Almighty Johnsons is a new South Pacific Pictures comedy-drama series about four brothers, raised in heartland New Zealand, who also happen to be the living incarnations of Norse Gods. They even have their own super-god-powers. Sort of - it's...

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Direction Mike Smith · Murray Keane · Joshua Frizzell · Michael Hurst

Cast Neill Rea · Fern Sutherland · Pana Hema Taylor · Nic Sampson

Synopsis Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is sent from Auckland to Brokenwood to assist the local police with a possible murder investigation. Brokenwood is a seemingly quiet country town, where Shepherd, who has an unconventional approach to his task, works with local...

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Honest (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Julian Holmes · Brian Kelly

Cast Amanda Redman · Matthew McNulty · Amit Shah · Sean Pertwee

Synopsis Lindsay Carter (Amanda Redman) is the mother of a family of criminals. After her husband Mick (Danny Webb) is caught and sent to prison, she decides that the family needs to end their life of crime and start living off...

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Direction Simon Bennett

Cast Oscar Kightley · Madeleine Sami · Shimpal Lelisi · Teuila Blakely

Synopsis They’re five years older, but are they any wiser? Albert (Oscar Kightley) and Tania (Madeleine Sami) are now happily married, but can't quite seal the deal with a baby. While Sefa (Shimpal Lelisi) and Leilani (Teuila Blakely) have got two...

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Westside (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 60 min. · New Zealand

Direction Rachel Lang · James Griffin · Michael Hurst · Murray Keane

Cast Antonia Prebble · David De Lautour · Daniel Musgrove · Pana Hema Taylor

Synopsis Tales of crime and passion in Auckland, New Zealand, spanning from 1974 through to 1984.

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The Blue Rose (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 45 min. · New Zealand

Direction Rachel Lang · James Griffin · Michael Duignan · Mark Beesley

Cast Antonia Prebble · Siobhan Marshall · Matt Minto · Rajeev Varma

Synopsis The Blue Rose is a contemporary, smart investigative drama in which the lowly back-room office staff join forces to fight for justice in a corrupt corporate world.

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Samoan Wedding

2006 · Movie · 97 min. · New Zealand

Direction Chris Graham

Cast Oscar Kightley · Iaheto Ah Hi · Shimpal Lelisi · Robbie Magasiva

Synopsis Meet best friends Michael, Albert, Stanley and Sefa; the ladies' man, the good boy, the weird one and the party boy. They're staring down the barrel of their thirtieth birthdays, but still act as if they're sixteen; they get drunk,...

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Step Dave (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 43 min. · New Zealand

Direction Kate McDermott · Britta Hawkins · Murray Keane · Michael Hurst

Cast Sia Trokenheim · Jono Kenyon · Rawiri Jobe · Aidee Walker

Synopsis TV series (2014-2015). 2 seasons. 26 episodes. Bartender Dave, a 24-year-old Kiwi slacker whose life is turned upside down when he meets the woman of his dreams; Cara, 15 years his senior with three kids and some serious baggage in...

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