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JonathanBrough

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Jonathan Brough's short films have screened at Cannes, Edinburgh and America's Slamdance Film Festival. His directing CV includes episodes of Outrageous Fortune, the acclaimed The Insiders Guide to Happiness and mockumentary The Pretender, followed by a run of acclaimed Australian TV comedies (Rosehaven, The Family Law). He also edited award-winning documentary Colin McCahon: I Am.

Screenography

Aftertaste
2021 - 2026 Director Series
The End (Australian TV series)
2020 Director Series
Newton's Law
2017 Director Series
Comedy Showroom - Ronny Chieng: International Student (teleplay)
2016 Director Television
Rosehaven
2016 - 2019 Director, Associate Producer Series

Biography

Jonathan Brough's career kicked off in style, when his second short film The Model won a slot at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, as part of a special season of New Zealand shorts. The screenings marked a rare time the prestigious festival has devoted a programme to short films from a single country.

Awards

2021 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards
Nominated for Best Narrative Comedy Series: Aftertaste

2019 Screen Producers Australia Awards
Best Comedy Programme or Series Production: Rosehaven

“We had a cast of stand-up comics, amateur actors and people off the street against the backdrop of New Zealand's Disneyland. It was mental. I loved it.”

— Jonathan Brough, on the first series of The Pretender

Related images

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New Zealand directors at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 - from left: Grant Lahood, Jonathan Brough, Lee Tamahori, Neil Pardington and Niki Caro.
Kindly provided by Onfilm.