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ColinHogg

  • Writer
  • Producer
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After a long tenure as a newspaper journalist, Colin Hogg moved into television where he has worked as a writer and producer mainly on documentaries and arts programmes, initially with Greenstone Pictures, and now with his own production company 3rd Party Productions. Hogg was also a regular panelist on TV One advice show How's Life?.

Screenography

2012 Executive Producer Television
2012 Producer Television
2012 Producer Television
2012 Producer Television
2011 Writer, Executive Producer Television

Biography

Colin Hogg first made his name as a newspaper journalist (The Southland Times, The NZ Herald, The Auckland Star), where he often wrote about rock music. Then he moved into television, mainly as a writer and producer on documentary and arts programmes. 

Awards

2003 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Narration Script - Non-Drama (with Marie Quinn): for The Zoo, series 4
Nominated in the same category (with Michelle Bracey): for Mercury Lane, Forever Young
Nominated in the same category: for Mercury Lane, When the Eye Begins to See

“Eschewing the easy thrills — and good time-slots — of reality and tabloid television, the 3rd Party team remains focused on making programmes that excite it.”

3rd Party Productions website