JoeHitchcock
- Cinematographer
- Director
Joe Hitchcock began in film after his stop motion short Kismet played at the 2005 Screamfest in Los Angeles. He has since found a niche as a cinematographer and director, working on shorts, adverts and music videos. In 2010 Hitchcock was nominated as Best Director at New Zealand's Show Me Shorts film festival, for The North Pole Deception. He made his feature directing debut with Penny Black (2015), a road movie pairing a supermodel and an anarchist. Since then he has directed much travelled short Stick To Your Gun and several short documentaries, and shot campaign footage for future PM Jacinda Ardern.
Screenography
Awards
2018 New Zealand Cinematographers Society Awards
Bronze Award: for Shepherd
2010 Show Me Shorts Film Festival (New Zealand)
Nominated for Best Director: for The North Pole Deception
“We broke glass, smashed a light, and started fires, but the destruction was all planned.”