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Profiles

Profiles of people in the screen industry

Bernadine Oliver-Kerby

Reporter, Newsreader

Maurice Gee

Writer

Fran Walsh

Writer, Producer

Shirley Grace (aka Shirley Gruar)

Actor

Lala Rolls

Director, Editor

Janet Roddick

Composer

Joanna Paul-Robie

Presenter, Producer, Executive [Ngāi Te Rangi]

Olivia Tennet

Actor

Rose Matafeo

Comedian, Actor

Ian John

Editor, Director

Emily Robins

Actor

Garth Bray

Reporter

Luke Buda

Composer

Peta Rutter

Actor

Annabelle Lee-Mather

Producer, Journalist [Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Māmoe]

Justin Pemberton

Director, Producer

Elz Carrad

Actor [Te Whakatōhea, Te Aitanga-A-Mahaki]]

Phil Wallington

Director, Journalist, Executive Producer

Frank Torley

Producer, Journalist

Andrew Robertt

Actor

Trevor Spitz

Producer

Robert Bruce

Actor's Agent, Stunts

Brian Priestley

Presenter

Paul Yates

Writer, Producer, Actor

Miles Murphy

Director

Elizabeth McRae

Actor

Richard Moss

Actor

Simon Riera

Cinematographer

Geoffrey Dolan

Actor

Josh Thomson

Actor, Director, Editor

David McPhail

Writer, Actor

Selwyn Toogood

Presenter

Paula Penfold

Journalist, Producer

Bill Gosden

Film festival director

Murray Wood

Musical Director, Television Executive

Hadyn Jones

Presenter, Reporter

Jemaine Clement

Actor, Musician

Peter Bland

Actor, Poet

William Kircher

Actor, Producer

Jonathan King

Director

Alan Morris

Producer, Executive

John Banas

Writer, Actor

Vicky Pope

Producer

Melissa Chan-Green (née Davies)

Newsreader, Reporter

Kezia Barnett

Director

John Clarke

Comedian, Writer, Actor

Xana Tang

Actor

Taylor Hall

Actor

Ruth Harley

Executive

Freddie Hemara

Actor

Bill McCarthy

Presenter, Executive

Robyn Paterson

Director, Writer

Sophie Henderson

Actor, Writer

Raymond McGrath

Animator, Director

Greer Robson-Kirk

Actor

Michael Stedman

Executive, Producer

Mark Taylor

Editor, Post-Production

Kim Harrop

Writer, Producer

Steve Roche

Composer

Meredith Braun

Actor

Mark Leishman

Presenter, Producer

Bruno Barrett-Garnier

Sound

Thomasin McKenzie

Actor

Denson Baker

Cinematographer

Kate Elliott

Actor

Roseanne Liang

Director, Writer

Morgan Leigh Stewart

Producer

Willa O'Neill

Actor

Tim White

Producer

Hweiling Ow

Producer, Director, Actor

Burton Silver

Writer

Claire Cowan

Composer

Narelle Ahrens

Actor

Claudette Hauiti

Producer [Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāta Kuta, Ngāti Ruanui]

Mairi Gunn

Cinematographer

Phillip Leishman

Presenter

Russell Brown

Presenter

Amanda Evans

Producer, Director

Sharron Ward

Producer, Director

Bill Sheat

Executive

Christopher Banks

Director

Jared Turner

Actor

Amber Easby

Producer

Peter O'Brian

Actor, Stunts

Angela Bloomfield

Actor, Director

Marc Swadel

Director

Anika Moa

Presenter, Composer [Ngāpuhi, Te Aupouri]

Ally Xue

Actor, Writer, Producer

Pablo Araus

Director, Editor, Camera

Anna Paquin

Actor

Ron Pledger

Director, Producer

Peter Sharp

Director

Miriama Kamo

Presenter, Reporter [Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga]

Joe Cote

Reporter, Presenter

Milan Borich

Actor, Musician

Zane Holmes

Director, Producer

Chris Hampson

Producer

Shereen Maloney

Director, Producer

Iaheto Ah Hi

Actor, Writer

Mark Everton

Director, Producer

Jane Andrews

Producer/ Director

Margaret Umbers

Actor

Carolyn Robinson

Newsreader, Presenter

Paul Oremland

Director, Editor

Bruce Sheridan

Producer, Director

Marama T-Pole (née Papau)

Presenter, Director

Taika Waititi

Director, Actor [Te Whānau-ā-Apanui]

Jacob Rajan

Actor, Writer

Michelle Ang

Actor

Tim Worrall

Writer, Director [Ngai Tūhoe, Te Arawa]

Tessa Hoffe

Director, Writer

Dean Cato

Production Designer

Tracey Collins

Production Designer, Costume Designer

Chris Burt

Sound

Jim Moriarty

Actor [Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Kanungunu]

Daniel Borgman

Director, Writer

Jim Mora

Presenter

Niamh Peren

Actor, Director

Gordon Dryden

Presenter, Interviewer

Malcolm Ferguson

Cinematographer

Erroll Shand

Actor

Stephen McCurdy

Composer

Rod Johns

Writer

Lisa Taouma

Producer, Director

Julian O'Brien

Producer, Director

Jodie Rimmer

Actor

Allan Martin

Executive, Producer, Director

George Andrews

Producer

Mike Puru

Presenter

Michael Haigh

Actor

Carey Carter

Director, First Assistant Director [Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Pūkenga]

Jessica Hobbs

Director

Ramon Rivero

Filmmaker, Animator

Melanie Rakena

Director, Producer

Sam Hunt

Poet

Rosemary McLeod

Writer

Moana Maniapoto

Musician, Director [Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Tuhourangi, Ngāti Pikiao]

Sharon Barbour

Director, Reporter

Jonathan Gunson

Writer

Marcus Craig (Diamond Lil)

Performer, Actor

Ian Sinclair

Journalist

Jarod Rawiri

Actor [Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Hine]

Finlay Macdonald

Presenter, Writer

Sally Martin

Actor

Ken Durey

Special Effects

Christopher Bourn

Director, Producer

James Blick

Writer, Director

Rodney Bryant

Presenter

Tony Currie

Actor

Chris Knox

Director, Musician

Brad McGann

Director, Writer

Simon Morris

Writer, Producer

Joe Musaphia

Writer, Actor

Jenny McLeod

Composer

Matt Chamberlain

Actor

Andrew Adamson

Director, Writer

Enid Eiriksson

Costume Designer

Lucy Lawless

Actor

Adam Luxton

Director, Cinematographer

Derek Hardwick

Actor

Jabez Olssen

Editor

Owen Black

Actor, Producer

Thomas Robins

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor

Ginette McDonald

Actor, Producer, Director

Don Selwyn

Actor, Director [Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupōuri]

Michelle Savill

Director

Lisa Hough

Editor

Chris McVeigh

Writer, Actor

Sarah Hunter

Director, Producer

Fiona Kay

Actor

Sylvia Rands

Actor

Catherine Madigan

Producer

Rachael Blampied

Actor

Kingi Rummler (aka Gregory King)

Director, Writer [Ngāpuhi - Mangaiti]

Mitchell Hawkes

Director

John Sheils

Visual Effects

Kelly Johnson

Actor

Malcolm Cromie

Sound

Chris Sinclair

Sound

Derek Fox

Broadcaster [Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu]

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu

Director, Writer, Actor [Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa]

Nik Beachman

Producer

Renato Bartolomei

Actor

Brian Brake

Director, Cinematographer

Craig Gainsborough

Producer

Gary McCormick

Presenter

Damon Fepulea'i

Director, Editor

Dan Salmon

Director, Producer

Oxley Hughan

Director, Producer

Tony Manson

Producer

Cyril Morton

Producer, Cinematographer

Neil Waka

Newsreader

Fasitua Amosa

Actor

Grant Bradley

Producer

Lanita Ririnui-Ryan

Producer, Director, Presenter [Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāpuhi, Kuki Āirani]

Matt Henley

Cinematographer

Peter Rowley

Actor

Holly Shervey

Actor, Writer

Russell Reid

Director, Writer, Editor

Ian Johnstone

Presenter

Danny Mulheron

Actor, Director

Paul Campion

Director, Writer

Ken Catran

Writer

Peter Williams

Presenter, Commentator

The Candle Wasters

Creative Collective

Ron Skelley

Sound

Sima Urale

Director

Paul Ellis

Actor

Grant Lahood

Director

Oriini Kaipara

Newsreader, Reporter [Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tuhoe, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatihi]

Peter Wells

Writer, Director

Paul Maunder

Director

Dianne Lindesay

Producer, Writer

Richard Fletcher

Producer

Josephine Davison

Actor

Alex Sutherland

Director

Chris Parker

Actor, Comedian

Carol Smith

Actor

Peter Hayden

Actor, Writer, Producer, Presenter

John Hawkesby

Newsreader, Presenter

Prince Tui Teka

Musician

Beth Allen

Actor

Grant Major

Production Designer

Jonathan Ogilvie

Director, Writer

Mukpuddy

Animation Studio

Jonathan Besser

Composer

John Earnshaw

Cinematographer

Geoffrey Cawthorn

Director

Michael Hedges

Sound

Peter Blake

Composer, Producer

Bill Kerton

Narrator, Director, Writer

Sam Pillsbury

Director

Tom Sainsbury

Writer, Actor, Director

Robert Steele

Producer, Director, Camera

Wendy Petrie

Presenter

Gavin Wood

Producer

Claire Chitham

Actor

Dominic Ona-Ariki

Actor

Paul Henry

Presenter

Mario Gaoa

Writer, Actor

Gary Stalker

Actor, Producer

Dalvanius Prime

Performer, Composer [Tainui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Ruanui, Tūwharetoa, Ngā Rauru, Pakakohi, Ngāi Tahu]

Doug Eckhoff

Executive

Belinda Todd

Presenter

Ryan O'Kane

Actor

Tina Grenville

Actor

Morton Wilson

Composer, Sound

Cecil Holmes

Director

Napi Waaka

Actor, Musician [Tainui, Ngāti Pikiao]

Leigh Hart

Actor, Presenter, Director

Mikey Havoc

Presenter

Jane Yee

Presenter, Writer

Kōtuku Tibble

Broadcaster [Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui]

Nikki Castle

Editor, Director

Tai Berdinner-Blades

Actor

Bruce Phillips

Actor, Writer

Judy Callingham

Writer

Michael Firth

Director

Jackie van Beek

Actor, Director, Writer

Fiona Gunter-Firth

Production Designer

Peta Carey

Director, Camera, Presenter

Alyx Duncan

Director, Choreographer

Simone Kessell

Actor [Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Pākehā]

Arwen O'Connor

Producer

Max Currie

Director

Matt Chisholm

Reporter, Presenter

Tim Shadbolt

Presenter

Clyde Scott

Actor

Joe Lonie

Director, Musician

John Harding

Production Designer

John Gibson

Composer

John A Givins

Producer, Director

Charlotte Evans

Director, Editor

Jane Wrightson

Executive, Censor

Stephanie Wilkin

Actor

Janet Frame

Writer

Darcey-Ray Flavell-Hudson

Actor [Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Whakatohea]

Nigel Bluck

Cinematographer

Peter Hawes

Writer, Presenter

Margot Francis

Editor

Emma Jolliff

Reporter, Presenter

Craig Little

Presenter

Jess Sayer

Actor, Writer

Jason Gunn

Presenter

Ness Patea

Production Manager, Director

John Davies

Producer, Executive

Karen Sims

Journalist

Sacha Campbell

Editor

Greg Page

Director, Musican

Shimpal Lelisi

Actor, Director

Colin McRae

Producer, Director

Fred O'Neill

Animator

Claude Wickstead

Sound

Lindsay Shelton

Executive

Pua Magasiva

Actor

Rob Sarkies

Director, Writer

Ray Henwood

Actor

Geoff Bryan

Presenter

Rob Gillies

Production Designer

Nix Jaques

Producer

Chris Stapp

Actor, Writer, Director

Jono Pryor

Presenter

Phil Dadson

Artist, Musician, Director

Hamish McKay

Presenter

Michael Heath

Writer, Director, Producer

Lindsay Perigo

Broadcaster

Stacey Morrison (née Daniels)

Presenter [Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu]

Rory O'Shea

Cinematographer

Geoff Clements

Camera

Ian Cumming

Producer, Director

Todd Karehana

Director, Writer, Producer [Ngai Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana]

Neil Stichbury

Producer

Ray Columbus

Performer

Bill Ralston

Presenter, Executive

Anne Flannery

Actor

Simon Raby

Cinematographer, Director

Jane Campion

Director

Rachel Jean

Producer, Executive

Alma Johnson

Continuity Announcer

Luit Bieringa

Director

Dan Hennah

Designer

Jay Ryan

Actor

Robbie Magasiva

Actor

Perlina Lau

Actor, Presenter

Don Reynolds

Producer, Sound

Craig Harrison

Writer

Simon Marler

Director, Producer

Joe Hitchcock

Cinematographer, Director

Peter Kaa

Actor [Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu]

Rupert Julian

Director, Actor

Phillipa Dann

Presenter

Heather Bolton

Actor

Beth Tredray

Sound Designer

Michael McDonald

Writer, Director

Derek Payne

Presenter, Actor, Writer

April Phillips

Actor, Writer

Graham Kerr

Presenter

Simon Coldrick

Editor

Joyce Wong

Producer

Ian Wishart

Journalist, Presenter

Millen Baird

Actor, Writer [Te Āti Awa]

Stef Harris

Director, Writer

Adam Clark

Cinematographer

Angela Littlejohn

Producer, Executive

Jayashree Panjabi

Producer, Director, Writer

Fiona Copland

Producer

Katrina Hobbs

Actor, Presenter

Rebecca Gibney

Actor, Producer

Vicki Walker

Actor, Presenter, Comedian

Maxine Fleming

Writer

Sophia Hawthorne

Actor

Katlyn Wong

Actor

Kelson Henderson

Actor

Brian Lennane

Director, Producer

Meg Douglas

Producer [Te Arawa]

Max Quinn

Director, Producer, Camera

Anzac Wallace

Actor

Frank Chilton

Director

Margaret Mahy

Writer

Georgina Conder

Producer, Production Manager

Stan Wemyss

Camera

Marc Mateo

Cinematographer

Logan Brewer

Production Designer, Producer

Maiki Sherman

Journalist [Ngāpuhi, Te Whakatōhea]

Adam Jones

Director, Cinematographer

Harley Neville

Actor, Producer

Francis Kora

Actor, Musician [Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pūkeko]

Sam Peacocke

Director, Writer

Bob Allen

Sound

Paul Horan

Producer, Writer

Richard Whiteside

Actor

Matt Gibb

Presenter

Mark Albiston

Director

John Carlaw

Director, Writer

Martin Baynton

Writer

Stewart Main

Director, Editor

Richard Falkner

Actor, Writer

Michael Forlong

Director, Writer, Editor

Judith Gibson

Actor

Juliette Veber

Director

Chris Nichol

Producer, Director, Presenter

Robyn Malcolm

Actor

Richard Wilkins

Presenter, Reporter

Jill Soper

Producer, Production Manager

Richard Long

Newsreader

Josh McKenzie

Actor

Dean Parker

Writer

Tandi Wright

Actor

Simon Dallow

Newsreader [Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Piktao]

Roxie Mohebbi

Actor

Norelle Scott

Writer

Welby Ings

Director, Writer, Production Designer

Steven Zanoski

Writer, Producer

Lachlan Anderson

Composer

Andrew Gunn

Writer

Mary Lambie

Presenter

Chris Dudman

Director, Writer

Jonno Woodford-Robinson

Editor

Chloe Smith

Producer, Production Manager

Frankie Adams

Actor

Perry Piercy

Actor, Acting Coach

Libby Hakaraia

Producer, Director (Ngāti Kapumanawawhiti, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Āti Awa)

Elisabeth Easther

Actor, Presenter

Peter Scholes

Composer

Nisha Madhan

Actor

David Brechin-Smith

Writer

Billy T James

Comedian, Actor [Tainui]

Clare O'Leary

Director

Spencer Jolly

Reporter

Leighton Cardno

Actor

Thingee

Presenter

Susan Wilson

Actor

Dale McCready

Cinematographer

Lee Tamahori

Director [Ngāti Porou]