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Peter Young

Director, Cinematographer

2021 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Factual Series: Fight for the Wild
Nominated for Best Camerawork - Documentary/Factual: for Fight for the Wild

2020 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Camerawork - Documentary/Factual: for Hyundai Country Calendar 

2018 Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Camerawork - Documentary/Factual: for Hyundai Country Calendar

2017 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Director - Documentary or Factual: for The Art of Recovery

2013 Boulder International Film Festival (United States) 
Best 'Call 2 Action' film: The Last Ocean

2013 Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival (New Zealand)
Best Feature: for The Last Ocean
Best New Zealand Film: The Last Ocean
Best Science Communication (joint winner): The Last Ocean

2013 Mountainfilm (Documentary Festival - United States)
Moving Mountains Award (runner-up): The Last Ocean

2013 Canada International Film Festival
Royal Reel Award  - Documentary Section: The Last Ocean

2012 SPADA Screen Industry Awards (Screen Production and Development Association, New Zealand)
Independent Producer of the Year

2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Best Information/Lifestyle Programme: Hunger for the Wild, series 3
Best Camerawork - Documentary/Factual Programme: for Hunger for the Wild

2007 New Zealand Screen Awards
Best Factual Series (shared with Tracy Roe): Hunger for the Wild (for episodes 2 and 3)
Winner Best Camera - Documentary: for Country Calendar - Cray Coast (episode 22)
Nominated for Best Director, Factual/Entertainment - Television: for Hunger for the Wild

2005 New Zealand Screen Awards
Best Camera - Documentary: for Explorers

2005 Qantas Television Awards
Best Camera - Factual Section: for Country Calendar, Erewhon episode

2003 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Camera - Non-Drama: for Chasing Giants - On the Trail for the Giant Squid

2003 International Wildlife Film Festival (United States)
Nominated for Best Documentary: Chasing Giants - On the Trail of the Giant Squid

2002 TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards
Best Camera - Non-Drama: for Country Calendar, Mt Ida Muster episode

2000 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Camera: for Country Calendar - Yankee Harvest episode

1999 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Camera: for Country Calendar - Auckland Islands episode

1993 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Best Children's Programme: for N to Z

1992 Ministry for the Environment Journalism Awards (New Zealand) Winner - Film & Television Section: Wildtrack, Marshall Islands Special