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AndrewBancroft

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Two of Andrew Bancroft’s early short films won awards — science fiction tale Planet Man was the first New Zealand short to win the Critic's Week section at the Cannes Film Festival. Aside from his own shorts and a run of arts documentaries for television, Bancroft has also helped develop a successful slate of short films for other directors.

Screenography

White Lies (short film)
2015 Director Short film
Biological Clock
2014 Producer Short film
Selkie
2013 Co-Director Short film
Mice
2013 Director, Writer Short film
The Good Word - Series One
2009 Field Director Television

Biography

Andrew Bancroft began writing and directing plays in the late 1980s. Then he got the idea for his first short film: man has baby. After a dummy run on video, he won funding from Creative New Zealand to make it, under the title Made Man. Craig Parker played the main role in this science fiction comedy — although it was screen wife Vanesa Valentine who took away an acting award at the 1994 NZ Short Film Festival. Made Man was named Best Comedy.

Awards

2005 New Zealand Screen Awards
Nominated for Best Director - Documentary: for Mercury Lane, Series 2

2000 TV Guide NZ Television Awards
Best Director- Drama: for Ngā Tohu: Signatures
Nominated for Best Māori Programme: Ngā Tohu: Signatures

“There’s a quote from [director] Robert Bresson I have on my wall: 'Only the knots which tie and untie inside the characters give the film its movement, its true movement'.”

— Andrew Bancroft