RichardDriver
- Producer
- Presenter
Chairman of company Greenstone TV, Richard Driver first broke into television as host of music show Radio with Pictures. After directing documentary Hokonui Todd, the ex singer ran production company Visionary TV and produced music series Give it a Whirl and award-winner Love, Speed and Loss. He went on to create and programme Sky TV's Documentary Channel for four years, before selling it to the BBC.
Screenography
Biography
Born in St Albans just north of London, Richard Driver arrived in New Zealand with his family at the age of eight. Leaving home at 15, he worked on farms in Canterbury, on a Federated Farmers cadetship. By 1975 he was in Australia, having arrived with $60 in his pocket. Two years later — aged 20 — he was back in Christchurch, having done 42 different jobs in five years.
Awards
2007 Qantas Television Awards (New Zealand)
Best Arts/Festival Documentary: Love, Speed and Loss
2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Best Documentary: Love, Speed and Loss
“It’s very satisfying, I think, when you look back to have been part of a broadcast industry. You meet fascinating people — and everyone along the way you learn from. You learn good things and how not to do things. So I'm really happy to have had this accidental career in television.”
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