KathrynGraham
- Executive
- Director
Spending 13 years in one job is a long time these days — so imagine the pressure of commissioning TVNZ shows for all that time. Kathryn Graham did just that across a diverse portfolio of television programmes. The former director was TVNZ's first Commissioning Editor of Māori and Pacific content, and the first Kaikotuitui Rangapu (Programme Commissioner) at Māori Television.
Biography
Kathryn Ariana Graham spent over a decade working her way up the television career ladder before making the call in 2002 to move into the role of Kaikotuitui Rangapu (Programme Commissioner) at Māori Television.
"Directing is a really demanding job," she says. "In order to be really good at it, you have to devote a lot of creative energy and thought to it, and I found that having three kids just made it difficult to be as good as I knew I could be."
Screenography
“Directing is a really demanding job. In order to be really good at it, you have to devote a lot of creative energy and thought to it. I found that having three kids just made it difficult to be as good as I knew I could be.”