---
name: "Maddie Dai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maddie-dai"
fi1m_id: "maddie-dai"
tmdb_id: 4474551
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:47:08.194870+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."
---

# Maddie Dai

## Identity

Maddie Dai

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maddie-dai
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maddie-dai
- **TMDB ID:** 4474551
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4474551

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4474551

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Other Bennet Sister*](https://film.one/tv/the-other-bennet-sister.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Maddie Dai is a New Zealand screenwriter and cartoonist. She wrote one episode of the BBC series *The Other Bennet Sister* (2026), an adaptation of Janice Hadlow’s novel starring Ella Bruccoleri as Mary Bennet.

Dai’s feature screenplay *We Were Dangerous* (2024) was produced by Piki Films and premiered at SXSW. Earlier credits include the short *Ministry of Jingle* (2023), which she also directed, and writers’ room work on the second seasons of *Our Flag Means Death* and *The Power*. She has contributed cartoons to *The New Yorker* since 2017 and is based in London.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, maddie-dai.com, nzherald.co.nz.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Other Bennet Sister* (2026), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-other-bennet-sister.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *The Other Bennet Sister* (2026), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-other-bennet-sister.md)
- *Jael Drives the Nail* (2025), Director
- *We Were Dangerous* (2024), Screenplay
- *Ministry of Jingle* (2023), Director, Writer

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