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CathyMacDonald

  • Director
  • Writer
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Kiwi Cathy MacDonald spent nearly a decade in the United Kingdom. While there she won a run of awards, writing and directing promos and commercials for everyone from Disney, to the BBC. Her quirky documentary short Roger the Real Life Superhero was selected for 11 international film festivals. Since returning to New Zealand in 2012, MacDonald has made more documentaries (including Turangawaewae - A Place to Stand, which played as part of international anthology movie Other Than) and her first fiction short, office tale The December Shipment (2015).

Screenography

The December Shipment
2015 Director, Writer Short film
Turangawaewae - A Place to Stand
2012 Editor, Director, Producer Short film
Other Than
2012 Director, Editor, Producer Film
Roger the Real Life Superhero
2011 Editor, Director, Co-Producer , Camera Television
Crime and Justice
2009 Director, Writer Television

Awards

2012 Van d'Or Independent Film Awards (United Kingdom)
Best Documentary: Roger the Real Life Superhero
Nominated for Best Film: Roger the Real Life Superhero

2010 New York Festivals
Nominated for Best Director - Promos: Crime and Justice Season Promo

“England was amazing, but this is home and always had been. ”

— Cathy MacDonald in Metro magazine, June 2012, page 128