Dean Parker was born in Napier, New Zealand in 1947. He has:

Written quite a bit for stage (Baghdad, Baby!), a little for screen (Came A Hot Friday), quite a bit for television (Share The Dream) and a lot for radio (April 25).

Written occasional reviews, features, comment for Listener, New Zealand Herald.

Workmanlike right back for Halt All Racist Tours (HART) soccer team 1976-1986 (winners of Auckland Football Association Open Grade titles 1977-78, 1983-84) and then crafty manager 1987-1991.

Writers' Guild delegate to Federation of Labour / Council of Trade Unions through 1980s, 1990s.

Editorial board Saoirse, 1982-2000.

Editorial board Workers' Charter, 2006-.

Lives in Ponsonby, Auckland.

STAGE
Smack (Downstage 1974) Two Fingers From Frank Zappa (Downstage 1975) Slippery Opera (The Depot 1982) Great Expectations (Tantrum, Auckland 1988) The Feds (stage: Bats 1989) Tonite Lets All Make Love In London (Downstage 2000) Jews Brothers Bloomsday (Rakinos and Dogs Bollix, 2001?) Baghdad, Baby! (Bats, 2005) Frank Kafkas The Trial (adapted from Kafka, Luxembourg Gardens, 2007) Enemies (adapted from Gorky, Studio Seven Wellington, 2007)

RADIO
Joe Stalin Knew My Father (BCNZ 1973) Where Have You Gone, Wilson Whineray, Lake Taupo Turns Its Lonely Eye To You (BCNZ 1973) Smack (BCNZ 1974) Never A Dull Moment (BCNZ 1974)
The Last Three Days (BCNZ 1974) Corrie Pulls It Off (BCNZ 1975) The Wars Of The Rosaries (BCNZ 1975) Engels F : A History Of The Ould Sod (BCNZ 1978) The Paper Sellers (BCNZ 1980)
Erua (BCNZ 1980) Strike! Waihi, 1912 (BCNZ 1980) Strike! Auckland Relief Workers, 1932 (BCNZ 1980) Strike! Hellaby's, 1942 (BCNZ 1980) April 25 (RNZ, 2007)

TELEVISION
Buck House (TVNZ 1975) Thirty Minute Theatre : The Touch Of Class (SPTV 1976) Thirty Minute Theatre : Rugby Burns (SPTV 1976) Something To Look Forward To (SPTV 1976) Ngaio Marsh Threatre : Opening Night (SPTV 1978) Close To Home (TVNZ 1979) Both Sides Of The Fence (SPTV 1981) Mortimer's Patch (TVNZ 1983) Roche (TVNZ 1985) Betty's Bunch (SPP 1989) Shattered Dreams (Trade Union History Project 1990) Gold (SPP 1991) Just Slightly, A People Apart: The Irish in NZ (Top Shelf 1995) Mysterious Island (Atlantis 1995) Cover Story (Gibson Group 1995) Share The Dream (Hampster Films 1997) Greenstone (Communicado 1999) Street Legal (Screen Works 2000) Moana (Ellipse France 2000)

MOVIES
Came A Hot Friday (Mirage Films 1984) Gordon Bennett (Top Shelf [short film] 1989) Old Scores (Cinepro/HTV 1989) The Vector File (Daybreak Films [uncredited] 2001)


AWARDS
1979 Best Radio Drama, Engels F, A History of the Ould Sod
1985 Best Film Screenplay, with Ian Mune, Came A Hot Friday
1990 Best Film Screenplay, with Greg McGee, Old Scores
1998 Best Television Drama Script, Share the Dream.