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Gin Loane began attracting award nominations in 2006 with Fog, one of many short films they have shot that has made a mark overseas. By then, Loane had already shot their first feature, dark family tale Christmas. In 2013 they won praise — and a Moa Award — for another family drama, Shopping, the debut feature from Louis Sutherland and Mark Albiston. Loane went on to win two awards from the NZ Cinematographers Society for Mahana (2016), Lee Tamahori’s first Kiwi feature since Once Were Warriors. Their work also includes based on a true story TV movies Jean and Consent - The Louise Nicholas Story.  

Screenography

2025 Cinematographer Film
2025 Cinematographer Film
2023 Cinematographer Film
Beyond the Veil
2022 Cinematographer Series
2021 Cinematographer Film

Awards

2020 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Cinematography - Drama: for The Gulf

2017 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Cinematography - Drama: for Jean

“It's nice on set when there's a mix of people. I love it when there's a few more women on set. I love it when there's a few more ethnicities; when there's just a reflection of our society on set. It's much nicer. I mean no one wants to play in the sandpit alone with the same people, do they?”

Gin Loane, in a July 2015 interview for RNZ National

Related images

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Cinematographer Gin Loane at work on short film Eleven (2014). Director Abigail Greenwood is on the left in the grey coat.
Supplied by Gin Loane