Stephen Sinclair

Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the co-author of stage comedy ''Ladies Night''. In 2001, the French version won the Molière Award for stage comedy of the year. Other plays include ''The Bellbird'' and ''The Bach'', both of which are prescribed texts for Drama Studies in New Zealand secondary schools.

He has co-written several films with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, notably ''Meet The Feebles'', ''Braindead'', and ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''. He also wrote and directed the feature film ''Russian Snark'', which premiered at the 2010 New Zealand Film Festival in Auckland, and won numerous international awards.

Sinclair has written the novels ''Thief of Colours'' (Penguin Books, 1995), and ''Dread'' (Spineless Press, 2000), and a book of poetry, ''The Dwarf and the Stripper'' (2003). Provided by Wikipedia