Casey Zilbert

Cathasaigh Ó Fiannachta, also known as Casey Zilbert or Casey Whelan, is a New Zealand screenwriter and film director of Irish origin.

Biography
Zilbert was born in Wellington to Irish parents and spent her childhood in a variety of locations including Egypt and Nigeria. She attended the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore, completing the International Baccalaureate programme, before returning to New Zealand. She completed a degree in film and English at the University of Auckland, and then worked in the script department of the television soap opera Shortland Street for three years.

She co-wrote the movie Born to Dance (2015), and wrote and directed the comedy Hang Time (2019).

Awards and recognition

 * Fulcrum Media Finance Woman to Watch Award at the 2018 Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards