Toby Mills
Toby Mills began as an actor (eg. short films Mananui and The Find). After managing theatre company Te Rakau Hua o te Wa o Tapu, he took up directing, and in 2000 was awarded for series Nga Morehu, which profiled Māori elders. Mills works often with his partner Moana Maniapoto; together they have won awards for docos on Syd Jackson and carver Pakaariki Harrison. Mills also helmed te reo short Te Po Uriuri.
Our passion is to film our people telling their own stories, and to capture it with integrity. Toby Mills
Whetū Mārama - Bright Star
2021, Co-Director - Film
Waka Warriors - First Episode
2015, Director - Television
Te Hono ki Aotearoa
2012, Camera - Film
The Russians are Coming
2011, Writer, Director, Producer, As: Old Chief, Editor - Television
The Island
2008, Co-Director, Editor, Second Camera , Sound - Television
Wai 262
2006, Director, Producer, Camera, Editor, Sound - Film
Guarding the Family Silver
2005, Co-Director, Editor, Additional Camera and Sound, Producer - Television
Black Grace - From Cannon's Creek to Jacob's Pillow
2005, Co-Director, Associate Producer, Second Camera - Television
Driven
2003, Director, Producer - Television
Syd Jackson: Life and Times of a Fully Fledged Activist
2003, Co-Director, Producer - Television
He Tohunga Whakairo
2002, Co-Director, Producer, Research - Television
Ngā Reo
2001 - 2004, Producer - Television
Te Po Uriuri (The Enveloping Night)
2001, Writer, Producer, Director - Short Film
Ngā Morehu - End of An Era (First Episode)
2000, Co-Director, Producer - Television
Ngā Morehu
2000 - 2002, Director, Director - Television
The Family
1999, Director, Associate Producer - Television
An Inside Story
1998, Director - Television
Witi Ihimaera
1997, Production Manager - Television
Duggan: Death in Paradise
1997, As: Lewis Harfield - Television
Mananui
1995, As: Mata - Short Film
Shark in the Park - Prospects (Series Two, Episode One)
1990, As: Gary - Television
Shark in the Park
1989, As: Gary - Television