VincentBurke
- Producer
Vincent Burke was a television producer for roughly three decades. After launching company Top Shelf Productions in 1988, he went on to work on a run of documentaries and non-fiction programming. His CV included An Immigrant Nation, high profile history series Frontier of Dreams, Cinema of Unease (which charted Kiwi movie history), and long-running consumer show Target. Burke passed away in February 2022.
Screenography
Biography
Vincent Burke launched company Top Shelf Productions in 1988 (fellow Top Shelf company director Laurie Clarke began contributing to the operation in 2002). Burke's resume as a producer included more than 600 hours of non-fiction programming: from long-running consumer shows Target and What's Really in Our Food?, to media analysis show Media Take, (formerly Media7), and many one-off documentaries.
Awards
2012 SPADA Screen Industry Awards (Screen Production and Development Association, New Zealand)
SPADA/OnFilm Industry Champion
2012 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Information Series (with Brian Holland and Laurie Clarke): for The Nutters Club
Nominated for Best Entertainment or Event Programme (with Brian Holland and Laurie Clarke): The Sitting
“He’s the most unflappable man I’ve ever met. This is a very desirable characteristic to have in the film business.”