Ghazaleh Gol
Ghazaleh 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 award nominated writer/directors on the anthology film Kāinga which premiered at MIFF, and the series director for Miles from Nowhere and recently released series Small Town Scandal. She has also directed numerous episodes on Aotearoa's long running serial drama Shortland Street.
Ghazaleh has a YA comedy series for TVNZ in development, and is currently working on a variety of screen projects including her first feature.
Hair Colour
Brown
Location
Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau
Age Range
36 - 46
Ethnicity
Iranian
Height
164cm
Eye Colour
Brown
Full CV
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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
2025 - Shortland Street - Roshan Namal - South Pacific Pictures
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
2021 - Icarus Fatal Sky - Zella Geshane - Director - Jeff Wood
Commercials (recent only)
2026 - Westpac - NZ only - online only
2019 - Spark Business - NZ only
2019 - New World - NZ only -
2018 - Acting for Humans - Brita McVeigh
2014 - Screen Workshop - Miranda Harcourt
2012 - 2013 - Directing and Writing for Screen and Television - University of Southern California
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 -
2024 - Co-nominee Best Director - Kainga - NZTV Awards
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 -
Accents - American, Australian, British, Middle Eastern
Languages - Persian (fluent)
Driver’s License - Full
Yoga
Writing
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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 (writers room) - 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
Author
2025 - Te Moana O Rea Ocean of Languages - Edited by Michelle Elvy & Vaughn Rapatahana - Cuba Press
2024 - Otherhood - 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 -
2022 - Accelerator Program - Melbourne International Film Festival
2020 - PhD with creative practice in Media and Communications - University of Auckland
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
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
2007 - Bachelor of Arts in Film, TV and Media Studies
Directing
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Director
2026 - Settling - South Pacific Pictures
2025 - Small Town Scandal: season 1 - Miss Scandal Films
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 -
2022 - Accelerator Program - Melbourne International Film Festival
2020 - PhD with creative practice in Media and Communications - University of Auckland
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
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
2007 - Bachelor of Arts in Film, TV and Media Studies
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