JillSoper
- Producer
- Production manager
After escaping the foreign exchange market in London for a new beginning, Jill Soper returned home to Aotearoa. She worked in various production roles on acclaimed movie The Orator and a series of American titles shot downunder, including sci-fi comedy Aliens in the Attic and fantasy Pete's Dragon. On the home front, Soper has line produced Jennifer Ward-Lealand feature Vermilion and Springbok tour documentary By The Balls. In 2021 she was a producer on Six Angry Women, an award-winning account of a group of feminists who abducted university lecturer Mervyn Thompson in 1984. She went on to line produce horror hit M3gan.
Screenography
Awards
2021 Sydney International Film Festival (Australia)
Best Producer (shared with Samantha Blackley and Megan Jones): for Six Angry Women
2021 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Documentary: Six Angry Women
“Budgets and schedules aren't a target. They both need to be worked on and massaged constantly to create a great end product that fulfils all creative and contractual obligations.”