DianeMusgrave
- Producer
- Director
Musgrave is a producer, director and researcher with over 50 credits to her name, over 25 years in television. Musgrave’s research subjects have ranged from Gallipoli to Ivan Curry to the America’s Cup, and she has produced high profile current affairs reports on Māori leadership, the Peter Ellis creche case and beaten baby James Whakaruru. She is now senior lecturer in Communication Studies at AUT.
Screenography
Biography
Diane Musgrave grew up in Sydney, and trained as a teacher. Moving to New Zealand with her husband, she taught briefly in Wellington before beginning her screen career at TV One News, working in the library at Avalon and filing news reports. A six-week TV One course in production and direction in 1976 was followed by stints as studio director for religious programme Open Mind and as field director for With One Voice.
Awards
2000 TV Guide Television Awards
Best News and Current Affairs Programme: 60 Minutes
1996 NZ Skeptics Bravo Award
Assignment, for Ellis Through the Looking Glass story
“I believe as we make productions we must always operate with integrity and fairness. We must be true to ourselves, fair to the people who consent to participate, and honest with our audiences.”