David Geary is an award winning playwright from New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. He also writes for television.

Geary studied acting at Toi Whakaari

Toi Whakaari

Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is New Zealand's National Drama School. It is located in Wellington, New Zealand Toi Whakaari offers training in Acting, Directing, Costume Construction, Entertainment Technology, Performing Arts Management and Design for Stage & Screen.The School offers the following...

 New Zealand Drama School in Wellington

Wellington

Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

. He graduated in 1987. His play Lovelocks Dream Run (1992) was published by Victoria University Press

Victoria University Press

Victoria University Press founded in the 1970s, is the book publishing arm of Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.It publishes new fiction and poetry and specialises in New Zealand history, biography and essays.-Sources:...

 in 1993. The play is studied at schools and New Zealand universities. His short story collection, A Man of the People was published in 2003.
In 1991, he co-wrote and co-directed the television documentary The Smell of Money. He has worked as a scriptwriter and storyliner for television including Shortland Street

Shortland Street

Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...

, Mercy Peak

Mercy Peak

Mercy Peak was a New Zealand drama television series that ran for three seasons on TV One between 2001 and 2004.-Cast:*Sara Wiseman as Nicky Somerville*Jeffrey Thomas as William Kingsley...

, Jackson's Wharf and Hard Out, and has been seen as an actor in series such as Shark in the Park

Shark in the Park

Shark in the Park wasa New Zealand television drama series. A police procedural, it revolved around the professional and private lives of a group of officers at a Wellington police station under the command of Inspector Brian "Sharky" Finn...

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He was awarded the Dominion Sunday Times Bruce Mason Playwrights’ Award in 1991 and won the Adam Foundation Playwrights’ Award for The Learner’s Stand in 1994. In 2008, he was Writer in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...

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