Fiona Jackson (born 29 July) is a filmmaker currently based in New Zealand. Born in Bath, England, Jackson moved to California in 1993 where she began her career in the film industry as a stunt performer and assistant for film, television and broadway director Tom Moore. She graduated with a BA majoring in Screen and Media with a minor in Philosophy from the

University of Waikato The University of Waikato (), established in 1964, is a Public university, public research university located in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand. An additional campus is located in Tauranga. The university performs research in nume ...

, and subsequently an MA in Visual Arts, Moving Image from

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. As part of her master's degree she directed An Evening With Richard O'Brien, a live showcase featuring Rocky Horror's

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and New Zealand current affairs television presenter, Mark Sainsbury. A second showcase ''Partytime with Richard O'Brien'' was filmed at the

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in celebration of O'Brien's 70th birthday. Jackson graduated from the University of Waikato in 2018 with a doctoral thesis titled ''Vocational Survival: Expanding the Film Value Chain for the Independent Filmmaker''. She is writer/producer of feature film ''Penny Black'', co-written with director

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, starring Astra McLaren as Penny Black,

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as Guy, and Toni Garson as Alex Black.Script Fixed to fit Toni's Star Quality, Piako Post, 1 August 2012 ''Penny Black'' was musically scored by the Scorelocks Collective of Jeremy Mayall and Chris Lam Sam.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Fiona British film producers New Zealand film producers University of Waikato alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) New Zealand women film producers British women film producers