JonnoWoodford-Robinson
- Editor
- Visual effects
Jonno Woodford-Robinson has edited everything from features (Taika Waititi's debut Eagle vs Shark) to commercials (Telecom's beloved Meerkats campaign). His many feature credits include Alison Maclean's The Rehearsal, Mortal Engines, Mahana and pioneering Fijian film The Land Has Eyes. A frequent collaborator with director Jason Stutter, he cut Stutter's 2010 adaptation of novel Predicament. After several nominations, he picked up his first New Zealand Film Award in 2017 for his work as co-editor (with Mike Horton) of Lee Tamahori's rural drama Mahana.
Biography
Born in Waihōpai Invercargill, Jonno Woodford-Robinson has built a diverse career spanning visual effects spectacles, indie comedies, dramas and documentaries, with many of the films he has worked on screening at international film festivals and earning multiple awards.
Screenography
Awards
2023 New Zealand Television Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Nominated for Best Editing: Scripted Television or Drama: for One Lane Bridge
2017 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards (The Moas)
Best Editor (shared with Mike Horton): for Mahana
Nominated for the same award: for The Rehearsal
“I'm no writer, I can't think up good quotes — that's why I'm an editor!”