About Barbara Sumner-Burstyn
Born 1960. Barbara Sumner-Burstyn is a New Zealand writer and film producer.
Barbara Sumner (born 1960) is a New Zealand writer and film producer. Tree of Strangers, her memoir of adoption, loss and discovery, was published by Massey University Press in September 2020.
She co-founded the film production company Cloud South Films with her husband Thomas Burstyn, and has served as a writer for The New Zealand Herald.
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Who is Barbara Sumner-Burstyn?
New Zealand film producer and writer
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Barbara Sumner-Burstyn was born in 1960 in New Zealand.
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Barbara Sumner-Burstyn is a writer and film producer.
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Barbara Sumner-Burstyn is New Zealand.
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