Biography

Nina Oyama is an award winning writer, director, actress and comedian, best known for her work on Taskmaster Australia, Deadloch and Utopia. Nina's TV writing credits include You're Skitting Me (ABC), Love Me (Binge), Yolo Crystal Fantasy (Adult Swim) and Class of 07 (Amazon). In 2023, her episode of Koala Man (Disney Plus) won the AWGIE for Adult Animation. Nina also co- created the AACTA Award winning SBS series Latecomers, which screened in competition at Series Mania, and was subsequently broadcast internationally. Nina is ADG and AACTA nominated for her directing work on half hour comedy pilots The Angus Project and Urvi Went to An All Girls School - which were both funded by ABC's Fresh Blood Initiative. As a stand up comedian, Nina has sold out multiple seasons at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, opened for Hannah Gadbsy, and appeared on JFL Sydney, Thank God You're Here, Spicks and Specks and many other panel shows.

Nina is a queer, mixed race, Australian/Japanese woman who grew up feeling like an outsider in her hometown of Sydney, Australia. She specialises in creating funny, subversive work which brings minority experiences to the forefront, with offbeat humour and dumb jokes
- IMDb mini biography by: Nina