Ghazaleh Gol
Actor | Director | Writer | VoiceGhazaleh Gol is an award winning Iranian-Kiwi actor, writer and director who has worked across both film and television in all disciplines.
She is also a Fulbright scholar who studied screenwriting at the University of Southern California, where she worked for the Sundance Institute. Ghazaleh's first book of personal essays The Girl From Revolution Road was nationally acclaimed and she is currently working on her second.
Ghazaleh was one of the writer/directors on the anthology film Kāinga which premiered at MIFF, and the series director for dramedy show Miles from Nowhere (for SKY TV). She has directed numerous episodes on Aotearoa's long running serial drama Shortland Street and is currently working on a variety of projects including her first feature. The feature was shortlisted for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and was also placed in the top 10% of the Nicholl’s (an international screenwriting competition). Ghazaleh also has as a YA comedy series for TVNZ in development.
Full Biography
Feature Film
2022 - The Moon is Upside Down - Uzma's Friend - Director - Loren Taylor - Producer - Philippa Campbell
2017 - Six Days - Nooshin - Director - Toa Fraser - Dog with a Bone Productions
Television
2024 - The Gone: season 2 - Mahta Salehi - Kōtare Productions
2019 - 2022 - Shortland Street - Detective Roshan Namal (recurring) - South Pacific Pictures
Theatre
2010 - AUSA Shakespeare - Queen Elizabeth - Richard III - Director - Anya Varezhkina and Michael Hurst
2010 - The Vagina Monologues - Under the Burqa - Maidment Theatre
2003 - Theatre in Education - Multiple - ACLE Italy
Short Film
2018 - Smoko - Garafolo - Director - Rachel Ross
2017 - Time Terminal - Louise - Director - Tom Sainsbury
2010 - Breakdown - Sophie - Director - David Costigan
2004 - The Corridor - Vinous - Black Swan Films UK
Voice Over
2021 - Icarus Fatal Sky - Zella Geshane - Director - Jeff Wood
Commercials
2019 - Spark Business - Diner
2019 - New World - Shopper
2017 - New World - Xmas Shopper
2016 - Principal Insurance - Doctor
2014 - Vodafone - News Reporter
2011 - NZ Lotteries - Mum
2011 - Caltex - Shopper
Writer
2024 - Small Town Scandal - Miss Conception Films
2024 - Miles from Nowhere: season 2 - Homegrown Pictures
2022 - Kainga - BSAG Productions
2021 - My Life is Murder: season 2, EP 10 - CJZ Productions Australia
2021 - Raised by Refugees (story-lining) - Kevin & Co
2021 - The Feijoa Club: season 2 - BSAG Productions
2020 - This is Us - Radio New Zealand
2014 - Mandala - University of Southern California
2012 - Iran In Transit - University of Auckland
Director
2024 - Miles From Nowhere: season 1 -HomeGrown Pictures and Gibson Group
2022 - Kainga - Green Sugar Media
2021 - 2024 - Shortland Street - South Pacific Pictures
2020 - This is Us - Radio New Zealand
2014 - Perfect Match - University of Auckland
2012 - Iran In Transit - University of Auckland
Author
2024 - Motherhood - Edited by Alie Benge, Lil O'Brien and Kathryn van Beek - Massey University Press
2023 - A Kind of Shelter - Edited by Michele Elvy, Witi Ihimaera - Massey University Press
2022 - The Girl from Revolution Road - Allen & Unwin
2020 - Ko Aotearoa Tātou / We are New Zealand - Edited by Paula Morris, Michelle Elvy and James Norcliffe - Otago Uni Press,
2020 - PhD with creative practice in Media and Communications - University of Auckland
2018 - Acting for Humans - Brita McVeigh
2016 - 2021 - PhD with creative practice in Media and Communications, University of Auckland
2016 + 2019 - DEGNZ Director’s Workshop with Jackie van Beek and Jesse Warn
2014 - Screen Workshop - Miranda Harcourt
2012 - 2013 - Directing and Writing for Screen and Television - University of Southern California
2011-2012 - Master of Arts with First Class Honours in Screen Production Documentary - University of Auckland
2010 - Workshop Casting - Andrea Kelland & Vicky Yiannoutsos
2008 - Voice Coaching - Linda Cartwright
2006 - 2007 - Acting Technique 1 & 2 - Raymond Hawthorne
2007 - Bachelor of Arts in Film, TV and Media Studies
2020 - CLNZ / NZ Author’s Society Grant
2015 - Student Directors Guild of America Award - Mandala
2012 - Fulbright Fellow, Fulbright NZ
2012 - Auckland Arts and Cultural Blues Award
2012 - Outstanding International Film - Iran In Transit - Beijing Student Festival
Languages - Persian - Fluent
Driver’s License - Full
Yoga