John A Givins is a television producer and director. His company, Livingstone Productions, produced the award-winning historical documentary series The Captain’s Log, and long-running series, Queer Nation. Recently Givins has produced programmes and developed formats for Māori Television.
Story-telling has to be passionate, personal and privileged. True, honest and real performance transcends cultural limits and illuminates the joy of life.
– John A Givins