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AndrewHawthorn

  • Producer
  • Director
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After starting his career as an actor then doing eight years in the editing suite, Andrew Hawthorn has made his biggest mark in sports coverage. A child star in kidult drama Hunter's Gold, Hawthorn did time as a radio DJ and TV editor before moving into sports for TVNZ. After helming Olympics coverage and groundbreaking America's Cup coverage that was seen around the world, he joined Sky Sports in 2010.

Biography

Andrew Hawthorn has produced and directed sports events right across on the globe — including co-ordinating coverage of America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Races, international rugby league and the Commonwealth and Olympic Games.

Screenography

Super 15 Rugby
2013 - 2026 Director Series
Asian Games
2006 Director Television
Around Alone
2003 Producer, Editor, Camera, Producer Television
Volvo Ocean Race
2001 - 2026 Producer Television
Sunday Grandstand
1993 - 1999 Producer, Director Series

Awards

2000 TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards
Best Sports Programme (shared with Denis Harvey and Steve Coates): for America's Cup – The Final Day

2000 Qantas Media Awards
Best Sports Programme: America's Cup 2000

“From riding on bullock trains, hurtling down hillsides, to gunfights and horsegalloping chases through town at a breakneck speed, the show had everything a kid would want to watch, let alone be a part of.”

— Andrew Hawthorn recalls acting on Hunter’s Gold

Related images

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A shot from 1976 television series Hunter's Gold: Ken Blackburn as Baddock, and Andrew Hawthorn in the starring role as Scott Hunter, on a mission to find his father amidst the Otago goldrush.