Brian Holland

A part-time job at a cinema sparked Brian Holland's screen career. Soon he was managing a multiplex, and working as a film publicist. Holland's film knowledge got him a job programming movies for television. His 12 years at TVNZ included time as TV2's Assistant Programming Manager. In 2005 Holland left TVNZ and moved into producing television. In 2006 he joined Wellington's Top Shelf Productions, where he has developed programmes and been nominated for two NZ TV Awards in the one year: for the Mike King-presented Nutter's Club and offbeat arts show The Sitting. He is now Top Shelf's Head of Development. 

...I hope to be still doing this in 20 years time. The landscape will have changed, and how we make things will have changed, but there'll still be people out there wanting to watch good stuff. Brian Holland