---
name: "Duncan Sarkies"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/duncan-sarkies"
fi1m_id: "duncan-sarkies"
imdb_id: "nm0765290"
tmdb_id: 1161585
wikidata_id: "Q5314597"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 July 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:07:06.310894+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Duncan Sarkies

## Identity

Duncan Sarkies

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/duncan-sarkies
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** duncan-sarkies
- **IMDb ID:** nm0765290
- **TMDB ID:** 1161585
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5314597
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sarkies, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5314597, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1161585

Writer. Born 21 July 1970 in Dunedin, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 July 1970, Dunedin, New Zealand
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sarkies, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5314597, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1161585

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Flight of the Conchords*](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Duncan Sarkies is a New Zealand screenwriter, playwright, novelist and stand-up comic. He grew up in Dunedin and is the brother of film director and screenwriter Robert Sarkies.

He co-wrote the screenplay for the film *Scarfies* (1999) with his brother. Sarkies wrote two episodes of the television series *Flight of the Conchords* (2007–2009). He has also contributed to the series *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019). His debut novel *Two Little Boys* was published in 2008 and adapted into a film in 2012; his other novels include *Demolition of the Century* (2013).

Sarkies has written several plays and won awards including the Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Best New Zealand Play for *Saving Grace* (1995) and the Montana New Zealand Best First Book Award for his short-story collection *Stray Thoughts and Nose Bleeds* (2000).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, read-nz.org, anzliterature.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019), series, Writer
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2014), as Declan - Werewolf
- *Two Little Boys* (2012), Writer
- *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md)
- *Scarfies* (1999), Screenplay
- *Saving Grace* (1998), Screenplay
- *Ash: Ashley Thorndyke - Work in Progress* (1995), Director, Camera Operator

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Bruce Mason Playwriting Award 1994: Bruce Mason Playwriting Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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