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John Bates

Director, Producer

2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Director - Documentary: for 50 Years of Television

2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Director (with Rupert McKenzie): for Beyond The Darklands

2004 Qantas Media Awards
Nominated for Best Television Documentary: New Faces Old Fears

2003 Qantas Media Awards
Best Television Documentary: Gang Girls

2003 New Zealand Television Awards 
Nominated for Best Documentary (with Paula Jones): Gang Girls
Nominated for Best Director (with Paula Jones): for Gang Girls

2002 TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards
Best Documentary: 1951
Best Director - Documentary: for 1951

1994 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Best Television Documentary: Sense of Place