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Toa Fraser (born 1975) is a New Zealand born playwright and film director, of Fijian heritage. His first feature film, No. 2, starring Ruby Dee won the Audience Award (World Dramatic) at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
Apr 16, 2021 · New Zealand director and playwright Toa Fraser has revealed he is battling Young Onset Parkinson's, five years after his diagnosis. The director, who rose to prominence with the film No....
May 26, 2020 · Toa Fraser - In 2006 playwright Toa Fraser turned No. 2, his award-winning play about a mixed-race Fijian family, into an acclaimed movie. His second feature Dean Spanley took away seven awards at the 2009 Qantas Film Awards, including Best Director.
Toa Fraser is known for Naming Number Two (2006), Sweet Tooth (2021) and Dean Spanley (2008).
Fraser is a filmmaker that creates an impression of a storyteller using cinema to look to both the heritage of the past while keeping one eye on the present and future, telling us: “The Dead Lands was an opportunity to use the amazing contemporary tools of moviemaking that tell a story in a way that our ancestors would have told their audience.”
Toa Fraser is a British born stage and film writer and director. He's a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Nov 16, 2019 · Toa Fraser - on a battle with disease and knowing what’s important. Fijian / Samoan Toa Fraser is one of Aotearoa’s most prolific film directors, with a huge raft of incredibly varied feature film…
