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Vanessa Byrnes

New Zealand director, actor, teacher and academic
Person Human Q107995166

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[9]
Occupation
director, actor, university teacher
Employer
Unitec Institute of Technology[4]
Educated at
Toi Whakaari (1994), University of Waikato[5][6]
Doctoral advisor
Mark Houlahan, David McKie[7][8]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy (2015)[10]
Academic thesis
Removing the ‘Cloak of Invisibility’: New Zealand Directors Discuss Theatre Directing Praxis[13]
Family name
Byrnes[11]
Given name
Vanessa[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Performing Arts Aotearoa New Zealand, NZThesisProject[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Byrnes, V.K. en Vanessa Byrnes en V.K. Byrnes
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
215499
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11rsxxhtf3
HAND ID
DC62-FB57-B434-C9D5-6411
IMDb ID
nm0126350
Kinobox person ID
157303

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Summary

Vanessa Byrnes has worked as a director[1], actor[2], and university teacher[3].

FAQs

What did Vanessa Byrnes do for work?

Vanessa Byrnes worked as a director[1], actor[2], and university teacher[3].

Where did Vanessa Byrnes go to school?

Vanessa Byrnes was educated at Toi Whakaari[5] and University of Waikato[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved . toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Removing the ‘Cloak of Invisibility’: New Zealand Directors Discuss Theatre Directing Praxis. Retrieved . unitec.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . unitec.ac.nz. Retrieved . unitec.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · DrThneed · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Byrnes
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60746: family names thesis project"
  2. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Toi Whakaari, University of Waikato
    Sex or gender → female
    Given name → Vanessa
    Kinobox person ID → 157303
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47163: HAND ID (14)"
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