Paul Middleditch

While still at school, Paul Middleditch was a repeat winner in an annual filmmaking competition run by childrens show Spot On. As a teenager he made music videos for artists Tex Pistol (including chart topper 'The Game of Love') and Tim Finn. Middleditch is now a highly successful commercials director based in Australia, where his work includes the celebrated Big Ad for Carlton Draught. In 2008 he returned to Wellington to direct his third feature, Tom Scott-scripted relationship drama Separation City.

I would describe myself as… a small man with a lot of energy. When I look in the mirror, I’m still the kid I was when I was 10 who picked up a camera and made home movies with my family. Paul Middleditch, in a 2010 interview with Shots magazine