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CatherineMadigan

  • Producer
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Veteran line producer Catherine Madigan has worked on locations ranging from the Southern Alps to Cambodia and Bougainville. Aside from varied movies for globetrotting producer Lloyd Phillips, she has produced documentaries on Georgina Beyer, Helen Clark, Allen Curnow, Sweetwaters, and dozens of commercials. Her Sri Lankan-set post-tsunami documentary Turning the Tide opened the 2006 DOCNZ Festival. 

Screenography

2025 Executive Producer Film
2025 Co-Producer Film
2019 Co-Producer Film
2017 Co-Producer Film
2016 Line Producer Film

Awards

2019 Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards
Best Documentary (shared with Gaylene Preston): for My Year with Helen

“Directors often have a clear view of what they want to film. But when we walk into a community to tell their story, a lot of dialogue is needed with the local people so everyone’s needs are met. That’s something I like, having to be culturally sensitive. I need those challenges rather than a studio setting.”

Catherine Madigan, on the challenges of filming Mr Pip in Bougainville, March 2014 Howick and Pakuranga Times interview