Peter Wells (director)

Peter Northe Wells  (8 February 1950 – 18 February 2019) was a New Zealand writer and filmmaker and historian. He was born in Auckland. His best known work was Desperate Remedies (1993). Wells' 2003 novel Iridescence was a runner up in the fiction category of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards and a finalist in the 2005 Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize.

In 2006, Wells was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He was openly gay.

Personal life
Wells, who was gay, was married to the writer Douglas Lloyd Jenkins. Wells died from prostate cancer at Mercy Hospice under hospice care in Auckland on 18 February 2019, aged 69.

 Works 
Bibliography

Short story collection. Won 1992 NZ Book Award for Fiction and 1992 PEN (NZ) Best First Book in Prose Award.
The feature film Memory and Desire (1997) directed by Niki Caro, was based on Wells' short story "Of Memory and Desire" in this collection.

 Best Mates: Gay Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand (1997) Edited by Peter Wells and Rex Pilgrim. Auckland: Reed
 Frock Attack! Wig Wars!: Strategic Camp in Desperate Remedies (1997) Auckland: Centre for Film, Television and Media Studies, University of Auckland
 Long Loop Home: a memoir (2001)  Auckland: Vintage. Won the Biography Category of the 2002 Montana NZ Book Awards
 Iridescence (2003) Auckland: Vintage. Runner-up for the 2004 Deutz Medal for Fiction and shortlisted for the Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize 2005
 On Going to the Movies (2005) Series editor Lloyd Jones. Wellington: Four Winds Press
 The Cat's Whiskers: New Zealand Writers on Cats (2005) Edited by Peter Wells. Auckland: Vintage
 Lucky Bastard (2007) Auckland: Random House
 The Hungry Heart (2012) Auckland: Random House
 Little Joker Sings (2013) Auckland: Random House
 Journey to a Hanging (2014) Auckland: Random House
 Dear Oliver: Uncovering a Pākehā History (2018) Massey University Press

Filmography and videography

Foolish Things (1980)
Little Queen  (1984)
Jewel's Darl (1985)
My First Suit (1985)
Newest City on the Globe: Art Deco Napier (1985). Auckland: Moving Image Centre.
Newest City on the Globe (1985). Written and directed by Peter Wells. Produced and edited by Stewart Main. Auckland: TVNZ.
A Death in the Family. Film for television with Stewart Main.
Drama on Film. Wellington: New Zealand Film Commission.
The Mighty Civic (1988)  Documentary co-directed by Wells and Stewart Main. Wellington: New Zealand Film Commission.
A Taste of Kiwi (1990)
Desperate Remedies (1993). Written by Wells and co-directed by Wells and Main. Isambard Productions.
Naughty Little Peeptoe, with Garth Maxwell.
One of Them Written by Wells and directed by Main.
Georgie Girl (2001)

References

Other websites


 List at University of Auckland New Zealand Literature File of works by and about Wells
 NZ Book council bio and interview 
 My Favourite Room: Peter Wells
 Profile audio interview with Peter (2013), PrideNZ.com

Category:1950 births
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