ZaneHolmes
- Director
- Producer
Fascinated by every stage of the television process, Zane Holmes began in the backroom as an editor and has gone on to stints in producing, directing and visual effects. After getting his directing break on hit Being Eve, he later joined Jeremy Dillon as a partner in company Pop-Up Workshop,which specialises in shows for children. They followed series Pop-Up with The Moe Show, starring a friendly creature with big ears.
Screenography
Biography
Strange creatures and unusual gadgets began infecting the imagination of Zane Holmes as a child. So it makes an odd kind of sense that both of them pop up in his screen career as well.
Zane's tech-savvy father spent many years in the navy, and brought various gadgets home from his travels. Holmes has memories of continually getting his hand stuck inside the family's 8 track player, as well as a box of lights and switches his father created for him specially.
Awards
2005 New Zealand Screen Awards
Nominated for Best Design (with Andrew Shanks and Alistair Crawford): for Being Eve
2002 TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards
Best Contribution to Design: for Being Eve
“I sometimes get asked why I make kids' stuff. Well I don't really. I try to make the stuff that I'd like to daydream about. It turns out that kids like this stuff too.”