PhilipSmith
- Producer
Television producer Philip Smith made his name with a stable of internationally-successful sports programmes. These days, as head of production company Great Southern Film and Television, he has been expanding from comic shows like Eating Media Lunch into other fields — including reality shows (Rescue 1), Moa-nominated telemovie The Kick and 2008 movie Apron Strings.
Biography
Philip Smith is a television producer whose wide-ranging roster includes successful reality shows The Lion Man, Rescue 1, and late lamented media satire Eating Media Lunch.
Screenography
Awards
2025 New Zealand Screen Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Best Reality Series: for The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes (with Adrian Stevanon, Sam Blackley, Ben Bayly and Briar Coleman)
2024 New Zealand Television Awards / Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Nominated for Best Drama: Friends Like Her
“I thought I’d build a company with a couple of good shows and be comfortable. But in a way it’s my nature to grow things. I can’t stop myself.”