Michele Amas

Michele Louise Amas was a New Zealand actress of stage, screen, television and radio, poet and playwright. She began writing poetry at age 10 and began her professional acting career in 1980. Amas wrote and directed the 2002 short film Redial which competed at the Venice Film Festival in the same year. And her first collection of poetry, After the Dance, published in 2006 was shortlisted for a Montana New Zealand Book Award and nominated for the 2008 Prize in Modern Letters.