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Robin Scholes

Producer

Robin Scholes is one of New Zealand’s most experienced and respected producers. Her credits range from feature films (Once Were Warriors, Mahana, Mr Pip) to iconic TV shows (Magic Kiwis) and documentaries (Colin McCahon: I Am). In 1997 she was made an OBE for services to the film and television industry.

She's certainly a classic individual and a lot of fun to work with. Director Paul Swadel in a June 2004 interview for Onfilm

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Interview

Robin Scholes: Producing the goods...

Interview, 2010

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The Convert

2023, Producer - Film

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The Bad Seed

2019, Producer - Television

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The Bad Seed - First Episode

2019, Producer - Television

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My Brother Mitchell

2018, Executive Producer - Short Film

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Mahana

2016, Producer - Film

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When We Go to War

2015, Producer - Television

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When We Go to War - First Episode (excerpt)

2015, Producer - Television

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Once Were Warriors - Where Are They Now?

2014, Subject, Executive Producer - Television

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The Factory

2013, Executive Producer - Web

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Mr Pip

2013, Producer - Film

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The Factory - Series

2013, Executive Producer - Web

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What Really Happened - Votes for Women

2012, Producer - Television

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What Really Happened - Waitangi

2011, Producer - Television

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 1 - From One Channel to One Hundred

2010, Subject - Television

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The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell

2010, Producer - Film

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Burying Brian

2008, Producer - Television

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Burying Brian - First Episode

2008, Development Producer - Television

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The Tattooist

2007, Producer - Film

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Colin McCahon: I Am

2004, Producer - Television

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Gladiator: the Norm Hewitt story

2004, Executive Producer - Television

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Living the Dream - Full Series

2004, Co-Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Subject - Television

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Hip Hop New Zealand

2003, Executive Producer - Television

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P.E.T. Detectives - First Episode

2003, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series Two, Episode Five

2002, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series Two, Episode Three

2002, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series Two, Episode Seven

2002, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series Two, Episode Six

2002, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series One, Episode 13

2001, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series Two, Episode 10

2001, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series One, Episode Eight

2001, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series One, Episode Five

2001, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series One, Episode Seven

2001, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series One, Episode Three

2001, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series One, Episode Two

2001, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series Two, Episode Two

2001, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip

2001 - 2002, Executive Producer - Television

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The Big Art Trip - Series One, Episode One

2001, Executive Producer - Television

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Crooked Earth

2001, Producer - Film

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Rain

2001, Executive Producer - Film

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Greenstone

1999, Producer - Television

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Greenstone - First Episode

1999, Producer - Television

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Through the Eyes of Love

1998, Executive Producer - Television

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Velvet Dreams

1997, Executive Producer - Television

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Broken English

1996, Producer - Film

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Robert Muldoon: The Grim Face of Power - Part One

1994, Executive Producer - Television

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Robert Muldoon: The Grim Face of Power - Part Two

1994, Executive Producer - Television

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Frontline - Kiwis Cannes Do

1994, Subject - Television

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Once Were Warriors

1994, Producer - Film

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Homeward Bound - First Episode

1992, Executive Producer - Television

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Fred Hollows - One Man's Vision

1992, Executive Producer - Television

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Magic Kiwis - Bruno Do That Thing

1990, Director, Producer - Television

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Magic Kiwis - Howard Morrison

1990, Producer - Television

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Magic Kiwis - Lynn & Fred

1990, Co-Producer - Television

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Magic Kiwis - Sir Edmund Hillary

1989, Co-Producer - Television

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Magic Kiwis

1989 - 1991, Producer, Director - Television

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Kaleidoscope - Attitudes Towards Landscape

1987, Writer, Director - Television

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Kaleidoscope - 1986 Cannes Film Festival

1986, Reporter - Television

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Kaleidoscope - CK Stead

1986, Producer - Television

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Hidden Places

1978, Writer, Director - Television

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Hidden Places: Ōkārito

1978, Director, Writer - Television

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Kaleidoscope

1976 - 1989, Producer - Television