George Andrews: veteran documentary maker...

Interview – 2009

Veteran documentary producer/director George Andrews has been a strong and consistent supporter of public service broadcasting, and was the main creative force behind iconic early 1980s documentary series Landmarks. Andrews began his career as a TV journalist, later moving into producing and directing.

In this ScreenTalk interview, he talks about:

The story of his time presenting pioneering current affairs show Gallery
Producing the groundbreaking documentary series Landmarks in the early 1980s
Being part of the start-up of TV3, and his belief that the network's direction changed over time, away from the public service style programming that he'd hoped for
Launching his own company George Andrews Productions, and some of the programmes he has enjoyed making over the years
How his 2006 documentary Made in Taiwan — starring Oscar Kightley and Nathan Rarere — came about
How Made in Taiwan led to his 2008 documentary Allan Wilson - Evolutionary, about the pioneering and controversial New Zealand-born biologist

This video was first uploaded on 10 September 2009, 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 - Clare O’Leary. Camera and Editing - Leo Guerchmann

...rom the network which I helped to found came the opportunity, 20 years later, 15 years later, to concentrate into 45 minutes the big thing I'd always wanted to make.
– George Andrews on successfully pitching his 2006 documentary Made in Taiwan to TV3

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