TonyHolden
- Producer
- Director
Tony Holden's producing and directing career spans generations of classic Kiwi comedy, from A Week of It, Gliding On, The Billy T James Show, to Spin Doctors. CEO of production company Comedia Pictures since 1985, Holden has also spent four years as TVNZ's manager of commissioning and production.
Screenography
Biography
Tony Holden's career as a producer and director spans 40 plus years.
Holden quit his studies at Canterbury University to begin an internship with TVNZ. After training as a cameraman and three years as a first assistant director, Holden moved into producing and directing, including time on music shows Ready to Roll and Radio with Pictures.
Awards
2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Nominated for Best Entertainment Programme (shared with Steve Gilbert): Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
2003 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Comedy Programme: for Spin Doctors, Series 3
Nominated for Best Entertainment Programme: Spin Doctors Election Special
“No one believes me when I tell them we made over 40 half hours of comedy a year in the 80s, and screened them at 8pm on a Monday night; no wonder we got better at making comedy in those days!”
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