MitchellHawkes
- Director
Mitchell Hawkes' directing credits range from The X Factor to The Hard Stuff with Nigel Latta. His event directing skills have gained him a go-to reputation for covering high profile concerts, awards ceremonies and comedy galas. In 2016 Hawkes formed company Ruckus Media with Nigel Latta and producer Arwen O’Connor. Their shows include live broadcast What Next? and award-winner Born This Way: Awa's Story.
Screenography
Biography
Raised in Pukerua Bay, north of Wellington, Mitchell Hawkes studied law at Waikato University in the early 90s — before a short stint at a consulting firm led to the realisation that "this could not be the rest of my life". After studies at Auckland’s South Seas Film and Television School, he got early screen experience at Wellington regional station Capital Television, where his direction of news bulletins attracted the attention of veteran TVNZ producer Norman Sievewright.
Awards
2023 New Zealand Television Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Nominated for Best Director: Multi Camera: for Topp Class
2022 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Director - Multi Camera: for Stan Walker: Impossible Live
“Engaging content people really want to watch. That's pretty much it.”