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Mitchell Hawkes

Director

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

2020 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Documentary (with Arwen O'Connor): Patrick Gower: On Weed
Nominated for Best Director - Multi Camera: for Survive the 80s

2019 Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards
Best Director - Multi-Camera: for You Are Us/Aroha Nui

2018 Doc Edge International Film Festival (New Zealand)
Best New Zealand Director: Stan 
Best New Zealand Documentary: Stan 
Best New Zealand Short: Born This Way - Awa’s Story

2018 Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Director - Multi-Camera: for 2017 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards
Nominated for Best Director - Documentary/Factual: for Stan

2017 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Director - Documentary or Factual: for Born This Way: Awa’s Story
Best Director - Multi-Camera: for Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2016

2012 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Multi-Camera Direction: for 2011 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 
Best Entertainment or Event Programme: 2011 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 
Nominated for Best Comedy Or Comedy Series (with Sarah Kinniburgh and Jesse Griffin): Wilson Dixon - The New Zealand Tour

2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Multi-Camera Direction (with Nigel Carpenter): for Band Together For Cantebury

2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Best Entertainment Programme: Topp Twins with the APO

2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Best Event Coverage: Vodafone NZ Music Awards  
Nominated for Best Multi-Camera Direction: for Vodafone NZ Music Awards 

1998 Qantas Media Awards
Best News/Current Affairs Direction: for Holmes, Coalition breakdown story