Gin Loane

Gin Loane began attracting award nominations in 2006 with Fog, one of many short films they have shot that has made a mark overseas. By then, Loane had already shot their first feature, dark family tale Christmas. In 2013 they won praise — and a Moa Award — for another family drama, Shopping, the debut feature from Louis Sutherland and Mark Albiston. Loane went on to win two awards from the NZ Cinematographers Society for Mahana (2016), Lee Tamahori’s first Kiwi feature since Once Were Warriors. Their work also includes based on a true story TV movies Jean and Consent - The Louise Nicholas Story.  

It's nice on set when there's a mix of people. I love it when there's a few more women on set. I love it when there's a few more ethnicities; when there's just a reflection of our society on set. It's much nicer. I mean no one wants to play in the sandpit alone with the same people, do they? Gin Loane, in a July 2015 interview for RNZ National