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Profiles

Profiles of people in the screen industry

Jonathan Ogilvie

Director, Writer

Chris Thomson

Director, Producer

Jim Hickey

Presenter

Louise Wallace

Presenter, Actor, Journalist

Xana Tang

Actor

Paul Casserly

Director, Writer

Simone Kessell

Actor [Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Pākehā]

Susan Wilson

Actor

Nikki Castle

Editor, Director

Mark Prebble

Director, Writer

Jane Campion

Director

Guy Capper

Animator

Debra Kelleher

Producer

Chris Harrington

Journalist, Producer

Bret McKenzie

Actor, Musician

Sean Plunket

Presenter, Reporter

Goretti Chadwick

Actor

Zoe McIntosh

Director

Curtis Palmer

Presenter

Rawiri Paratene

Actor, Presenter, Writer [Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa]

Tim Capper

Animator, Special Effects

Scotty Morrison

Presenter, Actor [Ngāti Whakaue]

Georgina Conder

Producer, Production Manager

Grant McKinnon

Cinematographer

David de Lautour

Actor, Director

Lockwood Smith

Presenter

Keith Ballantyne

Composer

Shirley Grace (aka Shirley Gruar)

Actor

Kim Webby

Director, Journalist

Peter Morritt

Director , Producer

Martin Devlin

Presenter

Fred O'Neill

Animator

Catherine Madigan

Producer

James Coleman

Presenter

Riccardo Pellizzeri

Producer, Director

Maurice Shadbolt

Writer, Director

Holly Shervey

Actor, Writer

Rob Gillies

Production Designer

Grant Tilly

Actor

Jess Sayer

Actor, Writer

Robyn Scott-Vincent

Producer, Director

Whetū Fala

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor [Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Maru o Taranaki, Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi Rotuma, Samoa]

Rachale Davies

Producer, Director (Ngāti Māhanga)

Martin Blythe

Publicist, Director

Awanui Simich-Pene

Director, Actor [(Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Apakura, Croatian, Belgian]

Danielle Cormack

Actor

Mandy Toogood

Producer

Geoffrey Cawthorn

Director

Ash Turner

Production Designer

Alex Galvin

Writer, Director

Fran Carney

Production Manager, Producer [Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi]

Jack Body

Composer

Dean O'Gorman

Actor

Pip Hall

Writer

Colleen Hodge

Producer, Researcher

Charlie de Salis

Writer, Director

Francis Bell

Actor

Morton Wilson

Composer, Sound

Riwia Brown

Writer [Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Apanui]

Norelle Scott

Writer

Liz Gunn

Presenter

Rachel Hunter

Presenter, Actor

Justin Hawkes

Director, Editor

Jim Booth

Producer, Executive

Richard Driver

Producer, Presenter

Mike Bodnar

Presenter

Mike King

Comedian, Presenter

Carol Smith

Actor

Hone Tuwhare

Te Rārawa, Te Aupouri, Ngā Puhi

Relda Familton

Presenter

James Mustapic

Comedian, Presenter

Stephen McCurdy

Composer

Derek Payne

Presenter, Actor, Writer

Lyn Bergquist

Production Designer

Catherine Saunders

Presenter

John Clarke

Comedian, Writer, Actor

Russell Reid

Director, Writer, Editor

Tania Nolan

Actor

Katherine McRae

Actor, Director

Rob Whitehouse

Producer

Madeleine Sami

Actor, Writer, Director

Michael Haigh

Actor

Alan Erson

Director, Producer, Executive

Ian Cumming

Producer, Director

Robert Tripe

Actor

Haunui Royal

Director, Executive [Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Tamatērā, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Hine, Nga Puhi ki Te Tai Tokerau]

Martyn Sanderson

Actor

Paul Richards

Cinematographer

Diana Rowan

Casting Director, Director

Phil Keoghan

Presenter

Michelle Langstone

Actor

John Campbell

Journalist, Presenter

Faye Smythe

Actor

Cathasaigh Ó Fiannachta

Writer, Director

Alix Bushnell

Actor

Patrick Wilson

Actor

Peter Baldock

Production Manager

Stephen Gledhill

Actor

Lisa Hough

Editor

Emily Campbell

Actor

Peter Hudson

Presenter

Nigel Hutchinson

Director, Producer

Brooke Williams

Actor

Mhairead Connor

Producer

Ray Henwood

Actor

Tony Sutorius

Director, Producer

Philip Hurring

Editor

Bob Harvey

Producer, Executive

Barbara Ewing

Actor, Writer

Geoff Chapple

Writer

Joel Tobeck

Actor

Les Andrews

Presenter, Performer

Neil Stichbury

Producer

Alun Falconer

Writer, Editor

Michael McDonald

Writer, Director

Darryl Ward

Cinematographer

Katrina Hobbs

Actor, Presenter

Belinda Todd

Presenter

James Blick

Writer, Director

Kelly Johnson

Actor

Kiel McNaughton

Actor, Director [Ngāti Mahanga, Tainui]

Claudette Hauiti

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

George Port

Special Effects

Dane Giraud

Writer, Director

Stelios Yiakmis

Actor

John Leigh

Actor

Jed Brophy

Actor

Duncan Sarkies

Writer

Andrew Bancroft

Director

Debra Daley

Writer

Steven Orsbourn

Producer, Camera

Tainui Stephens

Producer, Director, Presenter [Te Rarawa]

Ben Boyce

Presenter

Thomas Robins

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor

Kirsty Hamilton

Actor

Carey Carter

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

Nick Ward

Producer, Executive

Mathurin Molgat

Director

Mike Gill

Camera

Oriini Kaipara

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

Leighton Cardno

Actor

Euan Frizzell

Animator

Shirley Duke

Actor, Acting Coach

Geoffrey Dolan

Actor

Philly de Lacey

Producer, Executive

Claire Oberman

Actor

Tom Finlayson

Producer, Director

David Long

Composer

Hadyn Jones

Presenter, Reporter

Mamaengaroa Pere (née Kerr-Bell)

Actor [Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine]

Kathy Dudding

Writer, Director, Archivist

Dougal Stevenson

Newsreader

Melanie Rodriga (née Read)

Director, Editor

Tāmati Coffey

Presenter [Te Arawa, Te-Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Te Ātiawa]

Scott Reynolds

Director, Writer

John Boyd

Director

Greg McGee

Writer

Colin Follas

Producer, Presenter

Hilda Hayward

Film Pioneer

Norman Forsey

Actor, Wardrobe

Craig Little

Presenter

Erana James

Actor [Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei, Tainui]

Douglas Wright

Dancer, Choreographer

Owen Hughes

Producer

Paula Penfold

Journalist, Producer

Luit Bieringa

Director

Eds Eramiha

Actor [Ngāpuhi]

John Barnett

Producer, Executive

Ant Sang

Animator

Stuart McKenzie

Director

Alan Wilks (aka Alan Jervis)

Actor

Sophia Hawthorne

Actor

Keith Quinn

Presenter, Commentator

Mike Jonathan

Director, Cinematographer [Tainui, Mātaatua, Te Arawa]

Phillip Gordon

Actor

Robin Scholes

Producer, Executive

Li-Ming Hu

Actor

Eddie Campbell

Actor

Mario Gaoa

Writer, Actor

Ian Cross

Journalist, Writer, Broadcaster

KJ Apa

Actor

Rhys Darby

Actor, Comedian

Tracey Collins

Production Designer, Costume Designer

Dave Fraser

Composer

Brandon Te Moananui

Cinematographer, Editor [Ngāti Tameterā]

Don Scott

Camera

Simon Baumfield

Cinematographer

Paul Wedel

Editor, Cinematographer

James Rolleston

Actor [Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou, Whakatōhea]

Luanne Gordon

Actor

Peter Hawes

Writer, Presenter

Suzanne Paul

Presenter

Luke Buda

Composer

Murray Grindlay

Composer, Performer

Rebecca Tansley

Director, Producer

Russell Crowe

Actor

Rick Spurway

Editor, Director

Bridget Ikin

Producer

Malcolm Ferguson

Cinematographer

Bryan Shaw

Editor

Denson Baker

Cinematographer

Matasila Freshwater

Director, Writer, Animator

John McDonald

Producer, Director, Executive

Nigel Snowden

Producer

Joel Kefali

Director

Todd Emerson

Actor

Kim Harrop

Writer, Producer

Greg Broadmore

Designer

Tony Holden

Producer, Director

Kathleen Mantel

Director [Ngāti Kahungunu]

Peter Feeney

Actor

Ingrid Park

Actor

Ruth Korver

Producer

Kerry Fox

Actor

Quinton Hita

Actor, Producer

Glenn Standring

Director, Writer

Michelle Turner

Producer, Production Manager

Samuel Scott

Composer

Claire Cowan

Composer

Arwen O'Connor

Producer

Prisca Bouchet

Editor, Director

Angela D'Audney

Newsreader

Tim Worrall

Writer, Director [Ngai Tūhoe, Te Arawa]

John Cavill

Cinematographer

Arthur Baysting

Writer, Performer

John Reid

Director, Writer

Mick Rose

Actor

Mia Henry-Teirney

Producer, Production Manager [Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa, Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa]

Brent Hansen

Producer, Executive

Debbie Newby-Ward

Actor

Matt Chisholm

Reporter, Presenter

Raymond Thompson

Writer, Producer

Don Oakley

Camera

Paul Leach

Camera

Glenis Giles

Producer

Joe Wylie

Animator

Genevieve Westcott

Journalist, Presenter

Erica Kent

Writer

Des Monaghan

Producer, Executive

Mark Piper

Director

Marshall Smith

Composer

Adrian Stevanon

Journalist, Producer

Philip Alpers

Presenter, Reporter

Allan Martin

Executive, Producer, Director

Neil Cervin

Cinematographer

Wayne Tourell

Director, Producer

Eugene Bingham

Producer

Jim Mora

Presenter

Geoff Steven

Director, Writer

Melanie Lynskey

Actor

Alan Smythe

Writer

Charles Mesure

Actor

Tarun Mohanbhai

Comedian, Actor

Ashleigh Seagar

Actor

Yoson An

Actor

Virginie Le Brun

Actor

Owen Ferrier-Kerr

Editor

Ruud Kleinpaste

Presenter

Peter Wells

Writer, Director

Bridget Armstrong

Actor

Mark Everton

Director, Producer

Bernard Kearns

Actor, Presenter

Keith Hill

Director, Writer

Hayden J Weal

Director, Actor

Bob Lapresle

Director, Cinematographer

Rosemary Riddell

Director

Mike Edward

Actor

Shona McFarlane

Presenter

Will Hall

Actor

Kevin Smith

Actor

Adam Clark

Cinematographer

Selwyn Toogood

Presenter

Margaret Moth

Camera

Janine Burchett

Actor

Peter Sharp

Director

Michael Scott-Smith

Producer, Director

Jesse Mulligan

Presenter

Kip Chapman

Actor

Bryn Evans

Director

Reuben Collier

Producer, Director [Ngāti Porou, Rereahu-Maniapoto]

Cohen Holloway

Actor [Ngāti Toa]

Clarke Gayford

Presenter

Jessica Grace Smith

Actor, Director

Theo Baynton

Director, Production Designer

Mike McRoberts

Newsreader, Journalist [Ngāti Kahungunu]

Tim Shadbolt

Presenter

Bob Stenhouse

Animator

Paul Yates

Writer, Producer, Actor

Vicky Yiannoutsos

Director, Actor

Christopher Banks

Director

Owen Black

Actor, Producer

Paul Oremland

Director, Editor

Gordon Harcourt

Journalist, Producer

Brian Walden

Production Manager, Producer

Alison Wall

Actor

Tony Barry

Actor

Anika Moa

Presenter, Composer [Ngāpuhi, Te Aupouri]

Danny Watson

Presenter

Lloyd Phillips

Producer

Bernadine Lim

Reporter, Director, Executive

Sam Kelly

Director

Grant Roa

Actor

Dianne Lindesay

Producer, Writer

James Roque

Comedian, Actor

Grace Palmer

Actor

Tessa Hoffe

Director, Writer

Matthew Sunderland

Actor

Nicky Marshall

Director

Bernie Allen

Composer, Musical Director

David Downes

Composer, Director

John Earnshaw

Cinematographer

Stephen Gallagher

Composer

Gwen Isaac

Director, Producer

Grant Lahood

Director

Ron Pledger

Director, Producer

Rawiri Jobe

Actor [Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Huia, Ngāti Raukawa]

Brooke Howard-Smith

Presenter

Graeme Tetley

Writer

Barry Holland

Presenter

Miriama Smith

Actor [Te Arawa]

Lisa Manning

Presenter, Reporter

Lindsay Shelton

Executive

Harold Brodie

Editor, Director

Leo Woodhead

Director, Writer

Jabez Olssen

Editor

Ron Bowie

Director, Producer

Antonio Te Maioha

Actor [Ngāpuhi, Tainui]

Ron Skelley

Sound

Stacey Morrison (née Daniels)

Presenter [Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu]

Peter Hutt

Director, Narrator

Annabelle Lee-Mather

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

Keith Lambert

Producer, Director

Mike Hardcastle

Camera, Editor

Briar March

Director, Editor, Cinematographer

Catherine Downes

Actor [Ngāi Tahu]

Phillipa Dann

Presenter

Guyon Espiner

Presenter, Reporter

Phil Gifford

Writer

Jared Turner

Actor

Richard Long

Newsreader

Lauren Jackson

Actor, Director, Writer

Gareth Farr

Composer

John Feeney

Director

Joe Naufahu

Actor

Steven Zanoski

Writer, Producer

John Terris

Producer, Director

Hugh Macdonald

Director, Producer

John Fellet

Executive

Mark Lapwood

Cinematographer

Waihoroi Shortland

Actor, Writer [Ngāti Hine, Te Aupōuri]

Jonathan Hardy

Actor, Writer

Francis Mossman

Actor

Dan Salmon

Director, Producer

Sharron Ward

Producer, Director

Barry Prescott

Director, Writer

Jaime Passier-Armstrong

Actor

Kim Gabara

Director, Producer

David Gould

Director, Visual Effects

Lanita Ririnui-Ryan

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

Peter O'Brian

Actor, Stunts

Maaka Pohatu

Actor, Musician [Ngai Tāmanuhiri, Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa]

Nadia Maxwell

Producer

Alistair Wilkinson

Presenter, Reporter

Wade Doak

Camera

Don Reynolds

Producer, Sound

Nevan Rowe

Actor, Production Manager

Gabrielle Paringatai-Lemisio

Researcher, Writer, Presenter [Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Ruahine, Ngā Rauru]

Alison Holst

Presenter

Sophie Hambleton

Actor

Aroha Rawson

Actor

Rod Cornelius

Producer, Executive

Howard Taylor

Producer, Director

Don Blakeney

Executive, Producer

John Milligan

Producer, Director, Writer

Melanie Rakena

Director, Producer

Mike Horton

Editor

John Davies

Producer, Executive

Chas Toogood

Producer, Director

David Lomas

Director, Reporter

Julian Dickon

Writer

Michael Forlong

Director, Writer, Editor

Fiona Gunter-Firth

Production Designer

Jonathan Crayford

Composer

Peter Kaa

Actor [Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu]

Mark Jennings

Journalist, Executive

Leanne Saunders

Producer

Celia Jaspers (née Offwood)

Director, Producer

Tai Berdinner-Blades

Actor

Mike Smith

Director

Leon Wadham

Actor, Director

Milo Cawthorne

Actor

Dave Letch

Actor, Director

Desray Armstrong

Producer, Production Manager [Te-Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Porou]

Gary Hannam

Producer

Chris Burt

Sound

Nathaniel Lees

Actor

Geoffrey Scott

Producer, Executive

Suzy Cato

Presenter, Producer

Mike Lemmon

Camera

Edward Sampson

Producer, Editor

Marc Ellis

Presenter

William Waiirua

Comedian, Presenter [Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāpuhi]

Richard Thomas

Producer, Executive

Cameron Duncan

Director

Marc Mateo

Cinematographer

Gerd Pohlmann

Director, Producer

Vicky Pope

Producer

Jehan Casinader

Journalist

Allen Guilford

Cinematographer

David Ambler

Producer, Director

Bob Maclaren

Actor, Director

Barbara Darragh

Costume Designer

Cyril Townsend

Cinematographer

Margaret Thomson

Director

Greg Page

Director, Musican

Kanoa Lloyd

Presenter [Ngāti Porou]

Mike Mizrahi

Actor, Producer

Anna Cottrell

Director, Producer

Simon Ward

Director, Animator

Tanea Heke

Actor [Ngā Puhi]

Baz Macdonald

Journalist

Shirley Horrocks

Director, Producer

Morgan Leigh Stewart

Producer

Robert Bruce

Actor's Agent, Stunts

Hamish Mortland

Producer

Rhys Jones

Journalist, Presenter

Jay Saussey

Actor

Paora Maxwell

Director, Executive [Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Te Ure o Uenukukōpako, Te Arawa]

Len Lye

Director

Dominic Bowden

Presenter

Nic Sampson

Actor, Writer, Comedian

Miriama McDowell

Actor [Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi]