JamesBrown
- Editor
- Director
Since graduating Elam School of Fine Arts in 2003, James Brown has edited documentaries for directors Thomas Burstyn, Leanne Pooley, Annie Goldson, and co-edited a doco on racing legend Bruce McLaren for Roger Donaldson. In 2013, he shared a NZ Film Award with Goldson for He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan. As a director, Brown has worked on award-winning American rugby docu-series Red White Black & Blue. Back home he has edited rugby docu-series All Blacks: In Their Own Words and episodes of true crime series Black Coast Vanishings. His company Branch Out Media specialises in offline editing.
Screenography
Awards
2025 New Zealand Screen Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Best Editing: Documentary/Factual - Series: for Choir Games (shared with Tim Woodhouse)
2024 New Zealand Television Awards / Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Nominated Best Editing - Documentary/Factual (shared with Margot Francis): for Black Coast Vanishings
“...the best rugby movie I've seen ... Director James Brown tells the story from opposing angles. On one hand, he tries to dispel some of the negative stereotypes and stigmas associated with South Central and young African Americans, while also revealing the intimate, unique conflicts the characters of the film deal with in their personal lives.”