---
name: "Stephen Sinclair"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-sinclair"
fi1m_id: "stephen-sinclair"
imdb_id: "nm0801728"
tmdb_id: 11325
wikidata_id: "Q3498652"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:09:13.409871+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."
---

# Stephen Sinclair

## Identity

Stephen Sinclair

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-sinclair
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-sinclair
- **IMDb ID:** nm0801728
- **TMDB ID:** 11325
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3498652
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sinclair, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3498652, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11325

Writer. Born 1 January 1956 in New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1956, New Zealand
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sinclair, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3498652, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11325

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md) (85)

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

## Biography

Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He co-wrote the screenplays for *Meet the Feebles* (1989), *Braindead* (1992) and *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002) with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.

Sinclair co-authored the stage comedy *Ladies Night* with Anthony McCarten; the French version won the Molière Award for stage comedy of the year in 2001. He also wrote and directed the feature film *Russian Snark* (2010), which premiered at the New Zealand Film Festival and received multiple international awards. Other works include the novels *Thief of Colours* (1995) and *Dread* (2000).

He was born in Auckland and holds a BA in Māori studies from Victoria University (1979). His plays often explore themes of race and culture.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nzonscreen.com, read-nz.org, theonering.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Men Ready for Anything* (2018), Original Story
- *Russian Snark* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Electroma* (2006), Production Design
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md)
- *Love Mussel* (2001), Writer
- *Murder in Mind* (1997), as Art Direction
- *Braindead* (1992), Screenplay, Story
- *Meet the Feebles* (1989), Screenplay

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hugo Awards 2003: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (won), for *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*

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

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