GregStitt
- Director
Greg Stitt has worked extensively as a filmmaker on both sides of the Tasman. Aside from many documentaries, he also directed the shorts Fastest Gun Down-Under and Just Me & Mario, the tale of a young man obsessed with singer Mario Lanza.
Screenography
Biography
Auckland born, Australian-based Greg Stitt has directed both documentaries and short films.
Stitt studied English and History at Auckland University. In the mid-70s he joined the Government-funded National Film Unit, where he would take on multiple roles including editing and directing. Among the films Stitt worked on was the Sam Neill-directed Architect Athfield (as editor) and was one of the trio behind this film on the development of the Beehive building in Wellington.
Awards
1987 Gofta Awards (New Zealand)
Best Television Writer - Non-Drama (shared with Peter Hawes): for Goldie - A Good Joke
1981 International Film and Television Festival (United States)
Gold Medal for Best Nature and Wildlife Documentary: Primeval Survivors
“What I’m interested in are the fantasies ordinary people need to survive. The more ordinary people are, the more interesting they may be if you look under the surface.”
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