Julia Parnell: from Wayne Anderson and the Exponents to Loading Docs...

Interview – 2015

Julia Parnell runs Notable Pictures, and is the award-winning producer behind the offbeat Wayne Anderson: Singer of Songs; diversity show Both Worlds and documentaries about bands The Exponents, Dragon, The Chills and Six60. Parnell is also one of the driving forces behind Waiata Anthems and successful mini-documentary initiative Loading Docs.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Parnell talks about:

Working with one of a kind singer Wayne Anderson
Celebrating ethnic diversity with series Both Worlds
Redemption and change being at the heart of her documentary Drug Court
Proving to the NZ Film Commission that she could handle the visual effects on short film Dive
Her luck at being able to produce documentaries about legendary bands The Exponents and Dragon
Exploring a range of marriages for TV series Arranged
The contribution Loading Docs is making to the screen industry

This video was first uploaded on 21 July 2015, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside

...we have helped those filmmakers to understand the changing face of financing and distribution, and the fact that if they truly want to be documentary makers into the future, making longer-form work, having a presence online, understanding audience are the absolute key aspects to getting larger projects made.

– Julia Parnell on the impact of documentary initiative Loading Docs

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