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Duncan Sarkies

Duncan Sarkies is a New Zealand screenwriter, playwright, stand-up comic, and novelist. He is best known for having co-written the script of Scarfies with his brother Robert Sarkies, who directed the film.

Duncan Sarkies grew up in the South Island city of Dunedin.[citation needed]

He is the brother of film director and screenwriter Robert Sarkies.

Sarkies' is known for his creation of "eccentric plots and darkly comic portrayals of 'the outsider' and the disturbed".

He co-wrote, with his brother Robert, the script for Scarfies, a black comedy-crime thriller released in 1999.

In 1999 he also published a collection of short stories, Stray Thoughts and Nosebleeds.

He also wrote New Fans, the tenth episode of the comedy series Flight of the Conchords.

Sarkies debut novel, Two Little Boys was published in March 2008, and was made into a film of the same name, released in 2012.

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