Duncan Sarkies is a New Zealand screenwriter, playwright, stand-up comic, and novelist.

[1] Sarkies' is known for his creation of "eccentric plots and darkly comic portrayals of 'the outsider' and the disturbed".

[1] He co-wrote, with his brother Robert, the script for Scarfies, a black comedy-crime thriller released in 1999.

[4] He directed, wrote, and co-created the 12-episode fantasy podcast series The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Berties Botanarium, released in 2016 through Howl.

[4] Sarkies assisted with story development for the documentary Wilbur: The King in the Ring, Julia Parnell's feature film that premiered at Doc Edge in 2017, after starting life as a short film in 2015 for Loading Docs.