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Ainsley Gardiner has produced shorts, feature films, TV series and commercials. In 2004, she established Whenua Films with actor Cliff Curtis, to promote indigenous story-telling on screen. After working on three award-winning shorts with Taika Waititi, she has gone on to co-produce Waititi's first two features, Eagle vs Shark and breakout hit Boy.
I have two practical roles to fulfil as a producer: to create the best environment in which to make a film; and to enable communication between the director, crew, cast, and anyone else involved in the process.
– Ainsley Gardiner, in a May 2006 interview in Onfilm
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Producer |
2010 |
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Ebony Society |
Producer |
2010 |
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Mokopuna |
Director |
2009 |
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Producer |
2007 |
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Iti Pounamu |
Presenter |
2007 - 2009 |
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Executive Producer |
2007 |
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Executive Producer |
2005 |
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Producer |
2004 |
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Producer |
2003 |
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Producer |
2003 |
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Producer |
2003 |
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Love Bites |
Co-Producer |
2002 |
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Ouch |
Producer |
1999 |
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The Hole |
Producer |
1998 |
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Ainsley Gardiner (Te-Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Awa) fell in love with the magic of the big screen while growing up in Whakatane, where you...
2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Best Feature Film: for Boy
2010 Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Nominated for Best Children's Feature Film (with Cliff Curtis, Emanuel Michael and Merata Mita): for Boy
2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Picture - Budget over $1 Million (with Cliff Curtis and Taika Waititi): for Eagle vs Shark
2005 Academy Awards
Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film (with Taika Waititi): for Two Cars, One Night
2003 New Zealand Film Awards
Nominated for Best Film (with Larry Parr and Grant Lahood): for Kombi Nation