TonyIsaac
- Director
- Producer
Tony Isaac played a major hand in creating some of the key television dramas of 1970s Kiwi television. He produced New Zealand's first continuing television drama Pukemanu, co-created Close to Home, our first soap, and was one of the main forces behind The Governor, arguably the most ambitious TV drama yet made on New Zealand soil. Isaac died on 4 May 1986.
Screenography
Biography
Director and producer Tony Isaac — who died in 1986 — was passionately committed to making programmes that reflected a New Zealand voice.
Tony Isaac joined the New Zealand Broadcasting Service in the 60s. He won awards for his writing for radio and theatre, acted himself at Wellington's Downstage theatre, and spent time as a cameraman and editor. Isaac also made a number of proposals for television programmes involving a strong Māori component, only to be told they were too ambitious.
Awards
1986 National Mutual GOFTA Awards (New Zealand)
Rudall Hayward Award for Outstanding Achievement
1978 Feltex Television Awards (New Zealand)
Best Drama: The Governor
1974 Feltex Television Awards
Programme of the Year, and Best Drama: Richard John Seddon - Premier
“Tony Isaac was passionately committed to New Zealand television and especially to the growth, scope and quality of local production.”