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Toby Mills

Director [Ngāti Raukawa/Ngaiterangi]

Toby Mills began as an actor (eg. short films Mananui and The Find). After managing theatre company Te Rakau Hua o te Wa o Tapu, he took up directing, and in 2000 was awarded for series Nga Morehu, which profiled Māori elders. Mills works often with his partner Moana Maniapoto; together they have won awards for docos on Syd Jackson and carver Pakaariki Harrison. Mills also helmed te reo short Te Po Uriuri.

Our passion is to film our people telling their own stories, and to capture it with integrity. Toby Mills

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Whetū Mārama - Bright Star

2022, Co-Director - Film

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Waka Warriors - Full Series

2015, Director - Television

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Te Hono ki Aotearoa

2012, Camera - Film

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The Russians are Coming

2011, Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, As: Old Chief - Television

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The Island

2008, Co-Director, Editor, Second Camera , Sound - Television

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Wai 262

2006, Director, Producer, Camera, Editor, Sound - Film

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Guarding the Family Silver

2005, Producer, Co-Director, Editor, Additional Camera and Sound - Television

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Black Grace - From Cannon's Creek to Jacob's Pillow

2005, Second Camera , Associate Producer, Co-Director - Television

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Driven

2003, Director, Producer - Television

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Syd Jackson: Life and Times of a Fully Fledged Activist

2003, Co-Director, Producer - Television

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He Tohunga Whakairo

2002, Co-Director, Producer, Research - Television

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Ngā Reo

2001 - 2004, Producer - Television

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Te Po Uriuri (The Enveloping Night)

2001, Director, Producer, Writer - Short Film

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Ngā Morehu - End of An Era (First Episode)

2000, Co-Director, Producer - Television

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Ngā Morehu

2000 - 2002, Director, Director - Television

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The Family

1999, Director, Associate Producer - Television

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An Inside Story

1998, Director - Television

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The New Zealand Wars - Episode 1, The War that Britain Lost

1998, Character Voices - Television

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The New Zealand Wars - Episode 2, Kings and Empires

1998, Character Voices - Television

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The New Zealand Wars - Episode 3, The Invasion of the Waikato

1998, Character Voices - Television

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The New Zealand Wars - Episode 4, Taranaki Prophets

1998, Character Voices - Television

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The New Zealand Wars - Episode 5, The East Coast Wars

1998, Character Voices - Television

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Witi Ihimaera

1997, Production Manager - Television

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Duggan: Death in Paradise

1997, As: Lewis Harfield - Television

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Mananui

1995, As: Mata - Short Film

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Te Rua

1991, As: Tim - Film

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Shark in the Park - Prospects (Series Two, Episode One)

1990, As: Gary - Television

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Shark in the Park

1989, As: Gary - Television