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KeithHunter

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Keith Hunter is an award-winning writer and documentary maker, known for his investigations into miscarriages of justice. His screen credits include documentaries The Remand of Ivan Curry, Out of the Dark, and Murder on the Blade?, about the Scott Watson case. Hunter has also directed drama and comedy on everything from Mortimer's Patch and Letter to Blanchy, to award-winning teleplay Staunch.

Screenography

Table Plays: New Brew at Brewster Street
2008 Director, Producer Television
Murder on the Blade?
2003 Producer, Director, Writer, Presenter Television
The Man Who Has Everything
2001 Director Television
Staunch
1999 Producer, Writer, Director Television
Out of the Dark
1996 Writer, Director, Narrator Television

Biography

Although best known for his investigations into miscarriages of justice, Keith Hunter's work for the screen has ranged widely: from arts and current affairs reporting, to directing drama, comedy and documentaries on everything from wild horses to Auckland radio.

Awards

2005 New Zealand Screen Awards
Best Documentary: Murder on the Blade?

2002 TV Guide New Zealand Televison Awards
Best Director - Drama: for Staunch
Best Script (shared with Toa Fraser): for Staunch
Nominated for Best Drama Programme (with William Grieve): for Staunch

“The level of viewer response was unprecedented in my experience. I had more phone calls, emails and letters by far than for any other film over the previous decades ... Many just wanted to get it off their chests that the film had confirmed their own suspicions that [Scott] Watson was innocent.”

— Keith Hunter on reaction to his 2005 documentary Murder on the Blade?, on his website