FAQs
Rates and Funding
Payment to screenwriters varies enormously from project to project and writer to writer but knowing the standard rates in New Zealand is a start. NZWG has a Recommended Rates Guide available to members which outlines typical minimum rates of pay for a variety of script work.
Development funding, receiving funds to prepare a script for production, is what most writers mean when they talk about 'funding'. This comes from either a production company, network, theatre or a funding body such as New Zealand On Air, Creative NZ or the New Zealand Film Commission. As a rule, most funding bodies require a producer to be attached to the project before it will receive development finance.
The following list is by no means exhaustive and doesn't include all the other types of funding that Producers will utilise to get works made. This list provides a snap shot of agencies who provide funding for development. Most funding bodies require a producer to be attached to a project.
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