Nora Aati is from the villages Safune, Falelatai, Apia, Faleasi'u, Manono (Sāmoa). Nora is an Actor, Voice Over Artist, Emerging Writer & Director. She graduated from UNITEC School of Performing & Screen Arts in 2006. She is a Samoan writer that has forged her scriptwriting craft through the lack of roles available to her as a Samoan actress. Her first short film that she wrote is fully funded and scheduled to be released this year. She recently finished working on the 2023 season of TVNZ’s The Brokenwood Mysteries, was selected for Script to Screen SouthShorts ’21 and was part of the talented Moana Pasifika Women Screenwriters Programme ‘22 with WIFT. Through her screenwriting/Acting, she has a passion for bringing more stories and characters to the screens across the world. She is also a Komiti Member representative for the Pacific Islands Screen Artists Guild.
