Victoria Boult
- Writer, Director
Victoria Boult (Ngāi Tahu) is an Indigenous writer and director based in New Zealand best known for her debut television series n00b (2024). She co-created the series, wrote episodes 1 to 4 and 6 and directed episodes 3-5. n00b was made with the support of Warner Bros Discovery ANZ. n00b is the first scripted television series in the world based on a viral TikTok series. The series was recently selected to be part of CANNESERIES, Berlinale Series Market and Cinemajove in Spain and was named runner up runner-up for the CANNESERIES Student Award.
Victoria is Head Writer on Child of Pop (in development with Warner Bros. International), has written two episodes of Māori soap opera Ahikāroa and story lined on projects such as Spinal Destination (2024). She was trainee director on Great Southern and NZTV 1’s documentary Swipe with Caution (2022), the set-up director on NZOA-funded web series Literally Dead.
In her role at Great Southern Television Victoria was the Development Executive on AMC’s One Lane Bridge, Fifth Season and Netflix’s Friends Like Her and BBC’s The Ridge.
Victoria was selected for the DEGANZ Emerging Female Filmmaker Incubator (2023), the Show Me Shorts Development Lab (2023), SPADA’s Collaboration in Action Program (2022), and Screen Canberra’s POD program (2023). In 2023, Victoria’s short film Invisible Dragons was funded through the NZFC Kōpere Hou - Fresh Shorts program.