‘It was an honor to work with Kirsty on her short film ‘Cold’. She impressed me deeply as a film-maker. Kirsty writes from the core of her truth, and her films possess an authentic, incandescent rage which is both visceral and mesmeric.’
– Matt Sunderland- Writer/Actor/Director, 2018
‘Kirsty demonstrated tremendous commitment, courage and intelligence. She is very resilient, a natural leader ‘.
– Harry Burton, acting teacher, 2009 (long time associate of Harold Pinter).
- After obtaining a scholarship to take part in European Act, a three month acting and writing intensive through the London Actors Center in association with RADA, Kirsty took classes in screenwriting with Paul Thompson ( NYU – TISCH) in Paris. It was Paul’s classes that inspired her to gain more skills to write and direct for film.
- Kirsty earned her Masters in Creative writing, script stream at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University in 2012.
- She directed two short films in 2014 studying screen production with Tutors Jake Mahaffy and Shuchi Kothari at the University of Auckland.
- In 2016 Kirsty directed and produced her third short film, Cold which premiered at the Sandy Dennis Film Festival (US) in 2018.
- She was chosen by the New Zealand directors guild in 2016 to be a participant in the inaugural DEGNZ Women’s Film Incubator.
- Kirsty was picked by the New Zealand Film Commission as part of their Accelerator program for emerging film makers for the Melbourne International Film Festival 2016 and took part in a workshop with Cate Shortland (Somersault).
CURRENT PROJECTS:
Kirsty is developing three shorts and her feature screenplay Harakore/Without Sin which reached second round status in 2018 for the Sundance Writers Lab.
https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/news/degnz-announces-women-filmmakers-incubator
https://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/newshorts/audio/2575500/miss-penny-by-kj-hamilton
https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2575500
https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/2554-sunset-a-short-film-by-kirsty-hamilton
Warning: the below video contains content related to suicide.
Death Priest (short documentary, in development 2027)
‘I consider myself a death priest’.
A short documentary about a man whose life was changed when he answered a job advert in a paper: Mortician wanted. This is a story about an ordinary man who took up the challenge of extraordinary profession. He gives us insight into his incredible, unusual world, and shares his profound prospective on humanity as a result of answering this unique calling.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1342002490/cold
https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201770106/short-film-fundraising-for-‘cold’-kirsty-hamilton
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/
Warning: the below video contains content related to suicide.
Press Kit – COLD v3 Cable’s version KJ Hamilton
Writer/Director – Kirsty Hamilton
lakatwriter@gmail.com
https://filmfreeway.com/KirstyHamilton
https://www.degnz.co.nz/members/?degnz-member-id=5929#!biz/id/5a936cbdf033bf3d60b220f6/About
https://www.degnz.co.nz/degnz-announces-women-filmmakers-incubator/