Kathleen Mantel
Kathleen Mantel began directing TV documentaries in the late 1990s. She went on to win awards in the United States for Kiwi-made docos on problem gambling (It's Not a Game) and the Exclusive Brethren. In 2012 The Green Chain won the NZ TV Award for Best Popular Documentary. She went on to direct award-winning series Chatham Islanders: Tchakat Tchatam Airani.
It's an honour to go into a person's house for an interview as a stranger, and leave with an intimate knowledge of someone, of something, or of an idea you didn't have before. Kathleen Mantel
Whānau (2021)
2021, Director - Television
Making New Zealand - Farming
2019, Director - Television
Making New Zealand - Construction
2018, Director - Television
Making New Zealand - Forestry
2018, Director - Television
Making New Zealand - Mining
2018, Director - Television
The Palace
2016, Director - Television
The Palace - First Episode
2016, Writer - Television
Te Araroa: Tales from the Trails
2015 - 2016, Director - Television
Making New Zealand
2018, 2019, Director - Television
The Green Chain
2011, Director, Writer - Television
Leaving the Exclusive Brethren
2005, Writer, Director - Television
20/20
1996, Editor, Sound - Television
Nightline
1997, Reporter, Editor - Television