Lippy Pictures is an Auckland-based production company run by award-winning writer/producers Paula Boock and Donna Malane. Both had accomplished screen careers before partnering up as Lippy Pictures, and their success has continued since then. They have made a name for themselves creating dramas based on real people and events.
In this ScreenTalk interviewe, Boock and Malane talk about:
- How the right timing led to the creation of their production company
- Wanting to tackle a gross injustice in Until Proven Innocent
- The daunting task of filming the rape scene for the film
- Being emotionally attached to Tangiwai: A Love Story
- How Pirates of the Airwaves turned into one long romp
- Being appalled by the story behind Field Punishment No.1
- The challenge of re-creating World War I during an Auckland summer
Interview Credit
Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside
“Paula started to tell me the story . . . she told the story so passionately that I got — even see now, I've got goosebumps coming up on my arms. It's the goosebump moment, and we've been in that place a couple of times . . . and we know then, it's gotta be good. ”
Donna Malane on Paula Boock telling her about the tragic events that fed into their TV movie Tangiwai: A Love Story
