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About Me

Bridget Ellis-Pegler

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I'm mum to 2 daughters, partner to a magnificent Belgian, and host-mum to teenage boys from various parts of Asia. I'm also the owner of a dog who is the living incarnation of Hairy Maclary. 

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I love my private and magical 5 a.m. starts, creating things, eating, laughing, musing on the complex factors driving human behaviour, words, everything miniature from stop-motion to dioramas, plunging into surf, my beautiful friends and family...

I am the sum total of a lifetime of extreme travel, 20+ years in the screen industry, huge marketing experience, a passion for writing and an abundance of love; both given and received.

 

Lucky me, eh!  

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Never a dull moment

My career has put me into some mighty colourful situations. I've:

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  • had a 2.5m snake around my neck, with a look on its face I could only describe as 'interested';

  • run a strategy meeting in a boat perched on top of a skyscraper in Singapore;

  • been to the world's penultimate video game developers' conference and out-geeked myself;

  • pitched to Disney, Netflix, the BBC etc;

  • interviewed women in Edinburgh about tampons (never laughed so hard in my life);

  • travelled backwards at speed down a steep street in San Francisco when the cable car's brakes failed (wasn't laughing then);

  • explored the jungle in Indonesia appraising it for filming a kids' series;

  • eaten outrageously decadent doughnuts during a breakfast meeting in - where else - America;

  • had my passport buried in a garden by kids in Germany and confiscated by police in Hungary.

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All in the name of work. 

My creds

  •  Strong qualitative research and marketing background in premium research and brand development companies in Auckland and London

  • BA in Sociology

  • Diploma in Film & TV Production

  • ​20 years in NZ screen industry as a scriptwriter

  • ​10 years as creative director and senior writer on a transmedia project for pre-teen girls

  • ​Experienced content writer and copywriter

  • Talented brand strategist.

Affordable

Imaginative

Skilled

Experienced

Efficient

Meticulous

Friendly when caffeinated.

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