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KenSparks

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Ken Sparks has a BA in Music and Drama. His introduction to editing was as an assistant on Vincent Ward classic In Spring One Plants Alone. Since then he has edited drama, dance films, many documentaries, music videos and commercials. Sparks has won three NZ TV awards, including for James K Baxter doco The Road to Jerusalem and as co-editor of acclaimed quake chronicle When a City Falls. He also directed on hit series Heartland.

Screenography

Making New Zealand - Farming
2019 Editor Television
Dancing on Icebergs
2019 Editor Film
Making New Zealand - Forestry
2018 Editor Television
Making New Zealand - Construction
2018 Editor Television

Awards

2012 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Editing - Documentary/Factual (shared with Richard Lord): for When a City Falls 

2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards (The Moas)
Nominated for Best Editor - Documentary Film (with Richard Lord): for When a City Falls 

“I always reckon I got involved in editing at just the right time — New Zealand documentaries have flourished over the last 30 years and the way technology has improved is phenomenal.”

— Ken Sparks