HimionaGrace
Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Porou
- Director
Himiona Grace learnt about filmmaking at Wellington’s legendary Pacific Films. Former poutakawaenga (Māori liaison officer) at the Film Archive, Grace has composed music for a variety of shorts and television programmes; the longtime photographer has also won awards for his stills. In 2013 he wrote and directed his first feature film: The Pā Boys, which follows a reggae trio from Wellington on a road trip north.
Screenography
Ngā Hau
2015 Writer Short film
2014 Director, Writer Film
2010 Subject Television
Takutai
2010 Writer, Director Short film
The Audition (short film)
2002 Director, Camera, Writer Short film
“Image + word + music = film”
— Himiona Grace on his personal motto