JimBooth
- Producer
- Executive
An upbeat and hugely positive character, Jim Booth is best known as the Film Commission boss who gave Peter Jackson his big break. He later became Jackson’s producer, completing three films before succumbing to cancer in 1994.
Screenography
Biography
Jim Booth took a Diploma in Public Administration at Victoria University before embarking on a busy career in the arts.
As an Executive Officer at the Ministry of Internal Affairs he was part of the official working party that set up the NZ Film Commission in 1978. He also founded the Children's Writers Bursary, an award set up by the NZ Literary Fund to encourage children to read and write.
Awards
1995 Gerardmer Film Festival (France)
Grand Prize for Best Film: Heavenly Creatures
1995 New Zealand Film and Televison Awards
Nominated for Best Film: Heavenly Creatures
“His influence on me was so great, I know that for the rest of my life, every professional decision I make will be prefaced with the thought, 'What would Jim do now?'”