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Profiles

Profiles of people in the screen industry

Tash Christie

Producer

Marina Alofagia McCartney

Writer, Director

Andrew Whiteside

Producer

Mike Jonathan

Director, Cinematographer [Tainui, Mātaatua, Te Arawa]

Melissa Chan-Green (née Davies)

Newsreader, Reporter

Phil Dadson

Artist, Musician, Director

Hayley Cunningham

Producer

Colin Mathura-Jeffree

Presenter

Kirk Torrance

Actor [Ngāti Kahungunu]

Paul Yates

Writer, Producer, Actor

Bridget Ikin

Producer

John Hagen

Director, Sound

Peter Hobbs

Composer, Sound Designer

Geoffrey Cawthorn

Director

Robyn Grace

Director, First Assistant Director

Eion Scarrow

Presenter

Lisa Hough

Editor

Matt Whelan

Actor

Bruce Sheridan

Producer, Director

Toni Potter

Actor

Mamaengaroa Pere (née Kerr-Bell)

Actor [Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine]

Alma Johnson

Continuity Announcer

Murray Wood

Musical Director, Television Executive

Andrew Robertt

Actor

Teuila Blakely

Actor, Presenter

Alison Wall

Actor

John O'Shea

Director, Producer

Michael Heath

Writer, Director, Producer

Brian Holland

Producer, Executive, Programmer

Gavin Wood

Producer

Ben Mitchell

Actor [Tainui]

Murray McNabb

Composer

Don Scott

Camera

Andrea Bosshard

Director, Writer

Sam Hunt

Poet

Rebecca Tansley

Director, Producer

Stephen Gallagher

Composer

Claire Chitham

Actor

Mick Rose

Actor

Clive Neeson

Director

Alistair Browning

Actor

Luke Buda

Composer

Hineani Melbourne

Director, Producer [Ngāi Tūhoe, Waikato-Tainui]

Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi

Actor

John Bates

Director, Producer

Joe Cote

Reporter, Presenter

Cathy Campbell

Journalist, Presenter

Philip Sherry

Newsreader

Libby Hakaraia

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

Owen Ferrier-Kerr

Editor

Jane Thomas John (née Dyver)

Actor, Producer

Nicola Murphy

Actor

Phillip Leishman

Presenter

Debra Kelleher

Producer

Damon Fepulea'i

Director, Editor

Tom McLeod

Composer

Mark Ferguson

Actor

Richard Hansen

Producer, Director, Sound

Claude Wickstead

Sound

Bruce Phillips

Actor, Writer

Tuki Laumea

Director

Terry Gray

Composer

Sally Tran

Director

Cass Avery

Producer

Mark Lapwood

Cinematographer

James Roque

Comedian, Actor

James Brown

Editor, Director

Terence Bayler

Actor

Sophia Hawthorne

Actor

George Henare

Actor [Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine]

Glenn Standring

Director, Writer

Sylvia Rands

Actor

Mark Hadlow

Actor

Annie Goldson

Director

Rod Morris

Director, Producer

Esther Stephens

Actor

Richard Moss

Actor

Hone Tuwhare

Te Rārawa, Te Aupouri, Ngā Puhi

Rachel Smalley

Presenter, Reporter

Jim Hopkins

Writer, Presenter

Blair Strang

Actor [Hapū Patuharakeke]

Prisca Bouchet

Editor, Director

Merv Smith

Actor, Narrator

Rob Guest

Performer

Amanda Jenkins

Producer

Max Currie

Director

Danielle Mason

Actor

Peter Sharp

Director

Oscar Kightley

Actor, Writer, Director

Frankie Adams

Actor

Rodney Charters

Cinematographer, Director

Miriama Kamo

Presenter, Reporter [Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga]

Elisabeth Easther

Actor, Presenter

Willy de Wit

Actor, Writer

Christina Asher

Actor, Casting Director [Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Rauru, Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Rangiwewehi]

Jonathan Dennis

Archivist, Producer

Michael Whalley

Actor

Makerita Urale

Director

Alister Barry

Director, Writer

Anapela Polataivao

Actor, Writer

Lisa Chappell

Actor

Martin Blythe

Publicist, Director

Keith Lambert

Producer, Director

Kelson Henderson

Actor

Howard Moses

Director

Peter Kaa

Actor [Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu]

Tony Williams

Director

Douglas Drury

Producer

Anna Hutchison

Actor

Jane Galletly

Writer

John Tui

Actor

Harry Lavington

Actor

Douglas Wright

Dancer, Choreographer

Dorothy McKegg

Actor

John Maybury

Presenter

Alma Woods

Actor

Laurie Clarke

Producer, Director

Ian Mackersey

Writer, Director

Andrew Bancroft

Director

Miriam Smith

Director, Producer

Jude Dobson

Presenter, Producer

Kingi Rummler (aka Gregory King)

Director, Writer [Ngāpuhi - Mangaiti]

Loren Taylor

Actor

Simon Riera

Cinematographer

John Gordon

Presenter, Director

Sean Duffy

Actor, Director

Mark Taylor

Editor, Post-Production

Tim Shadbolt

Presenter

Mike Hopkins

Sound

Lloyd Scott

Actor

Dale Bradley

Director, Producer

Dana Youngman

Producer, Director, Executive

Ron Bowie

Director, Producer

Wayne Tourell

Director, Producer

Jane Wrightson

Executive, Censor

Wayne Leonard

Director, Producer [Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Rangitāne]

Daniel Gillies

Actor

Christopher Hobbs

Actor

Murray Francis

Producer

Faifua Amiga

Actor

Bert Bridgman

Camera

John Feeney

Director

Leon Narbey

Cinematographer

Jeff Hurrell

Editor

Kimo Houltham

Actor, Presenter [Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Arawa]

Marama T-Pole (née Papau)

Presenter, Director

Benedict Wall

Actor

Sara Wiseman

Actor

Phillip Schofield

Presenter

Mitchell Manuel

Actor, Writer

Des Monaghan

Producer, Executive

John Chrisstoffels

Director, Cinematographer

Rick Spurway

Editor, Director

Errol Wright

Director, Camera

Rhys Jones

Journalist, Presenter

Kirsty Cameron

Director, Production Designer, Costume Designer

Shayle Gardner

Actor

Awanui Simich-Pene

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

Tom Fox

Composer

Paul Gittins

Actor, Director

Ted (Edwin) Coubray

Camera, Sound

Michael Bennett

Director, Writer [Te Arawa]

Patrick Wilson

Actor

Emma Slade

Producer

Tāmati Coffey

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

Dave Hurley

Sound

Helena Brooks

Director

Brian Shennan

Sound

Ken Sparks

Editor

Tanya Black

Presenter, Producer

Tearepa Kahi

Director, Actor [Ngāti Paoa,]

Simon O'Connor

Actor, Writer

Andrew Adamson

Director, Writer

Lisa Harrow

Actor

John Harris

Producer, Executive

Kathryn Burnett

Writer

Michelle Langstone

Actor

David Ambler

Producer, Director

Witi Ihimaera

Writer [Te Whānau a Kai]

Tim Woodhouse

Editor

Tim Balme

Actor, Writer

Lorin Clarke

Writer

Nikki Castle

Editor, Director

Kevin Riley

Cinematographer

Nigel Bluck

Cinematographer

Melissa Lee

Presenter, Producer

John Banas

Writer, Actor

Mike Hosking

Presenter

Wi Kuki Kaa

Actor [Ngāti Porou]

Caroline Girdlestone

Animal Trainer

Derek Wright

Camera, Director

John Maynard

Producer

Anna Marbrook

Director

Mike Hardcastle

Camera, Editor

Jane Campion

Director

Alex Tarrant

Actor [Ngāti Pāoa]

Timmie Cameron

Actor

David Gould

Director, Visual Effects

Eteuati Ete

Actor, Comedian

Mike Lemmon

Camera

Derek Morton

Director, Editor

Steven Orsbourn

Producer, Camera

Rima Te Wiata

Actor

Kevin Stevens

Producer

Marama Cole (née Jackson)

Actor [Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou]

Mike Wesley-Smith

Actor, Reporter

John Gilbert

Editor

Rupert Julian

Director, Actor

Chris Dudman

Director, Writer

Cyril Townsend

Cinematographer

Jools Topp

Performer

John Carlaw

Director, Writer

Briar Grace-Smith

Writer [Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Wai]

John Ramsay

Camera

Aaron Morton

Cinematographer

Urzila Carlson

Comedian, Presenter

Mark Albiston

Director

Angela Dotchin

Actor

Bernie Allen

Composer, Musical Director

Camille Keenan

Actor

Richard Driver

Producer, Presenter

Philip Hurring

Editor

Emily Campbell

Actor

Graeme Tetley

Writer

Darien Takle

Actor

Troy Kingi

Actor, Musician [Te Arawa, Ngā Puhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui]

Mikey Havoc

Presenter

Richard Riddiford

Director, Producer

Simon Henderson

Producer, Director

Richard Thomas

Producer, Executive

Michael Stedman

Executive, Producer

Liz Gunn

Presenter

Peter Roberts

Editor

Stephen McCurdy

Composer

Daniel Borgman

Director, Writer

John Psathas

Composer

Gregor Nicholas

Director

Hinewehi Mohi

Producer, Performer [Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe]

Paul Maunder

Director

Jacob Tomuri

Actor, Stunts

Charlotte Purdy

Director, Producer

Steve Roche

Composer

Kahurangi Milne (née Maxwell)

Producer [Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Rangiwewehi]

Kiel McNaughton

Actor, Director [Ngāti Mahanga, Tainui]

Claudette Hauiti

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

Chas Toogood

Producer, Director

David Lomas

Director, Reporter

Angela Littlejohn

Producer, Executive

Belinda Schmid

Director

Paul Swadel

Director, Producer

Kylie Croft

Production Manager, Executive

Jeremy Corbett

Presenter

Tai Berdinner-Blades

Actor

Steven Zanoski

Writer, Producer

Madeleine Sami

Actor, Writer, Director

Geoff Chapple

Writer

Ian Fraser

Broadcaster

Beulah Koale

Actor

Rachel House

Actor [Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga]

Haunui Royal

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

Tom Finlayson

Producer, Director

Kevan Moore

Producer, Director

Catherine Downes

Actor [Ngāi Tahu]

Bill Saunders

Journalist, Producer

Gareth Farr

Composer

Kate Peacocke

Producer, Director

Ann Pacey

Actor, Musician

Finlay Macdonald

Presenter, Writer

David H Fowler

Producer, Director

Zia Mandviwalla

Director

Helen Bissett

Producer, Production Manager

Brian Priestley

Presenter

Joyce Wong

Producer

Stacey Morrison (née Daniels)

Presenter [Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu]

Ray Henwood

Actor

April Ieremia

Presenter

Catherine Saunders

Presenter

Grant Morris

Writer

Jodie Hillock

Actor

Robert Steele

Producer, Director, Camera

Paul Leach

Camera

Garth Maxwell

Director, Writer

Mātai Smith

Presenter, Reporter [Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa]

Shane Loader

Director, Editor, Cinematographer, Writer

Craig Parkes

Post-Production Supervisor, Producer

John Barnett

Producer, Executive

Grant Tilly

Actor

Robert Boyd-Bell

Journalist, Executive

Euan Frizzell

Animator

Phil Brough

Director, Animator

Olly Ohlson

Presenter [Ngāti Whare]

Frank Torley

Producer, Journalist

Janine Burchett

Actor

Philippa Rennie

Executive

Tony Trotter

Producer

Judith Gibson

Actor

Kadambari Raghukumar

Reporter, Presenter

Gary Stalker

Actor, Producer

Colin Hodson

Director, Editor, Actor

Cal Wilson

Comedian, Actor

Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper

Composer

Bruce Allpress

Actor

Mihingarangi Forbes

Journalist, Presenter, Producer [Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Paoa]

Jono Smith

Cinematographer, Actor

Ruth Korver

Producer

Joel Kefali

Director

Guyon Espiner

Presenter, Reporter

Swami Hansa

Cinematographer

Vicki Walker

Actor, Presenter, Comedian

Morgana O'Reilly

Actor

Barbara Magner

Presenter

Carmel McGlone

Actor

Susan Brady

Actor

Byron Coll

Actor

Rachel Hunter

Presenter, Actor

Derek Fox

Broadcaster [Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu]

Kate Hawkesby

Presenter, Reporter

Katie Wolfe

Actor, Director, Producer [Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga]

Bruce Hopkins

Actor

Rory O'Shea

Cinematographer

Murray Keane

Director, Actor

Paolo Rotondo

Actor

Florian Habicht

Director

Jay Saussey

Actor

Dominic Ona-Ariki

Actor

Perry Piercy

Actor, Acting Coach

Mandy Toogood

Producer

Rewa Harre

Cinematographer

Glyn Tucker

Presenter

Roy Good

Production Designer, Art Director

Hugo Manson

Reporter, Presenter

Jason Lei Howden

Director, Writer

Christine Parker

Director, Writer

Chris Hampson

Producer

Elizabeth Knox

Writer

Danielle Cormack

Actor

Richard Wilkins

Presenter, Reporter

Clyde Scott

Actor

Keith Aberdein

Writer, Actor

Chris Burt

Sound

Bernard Kearns

Actor, Presenter

Jim Moriarty

Actor [Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Kanungunu]

Peter Coates

Director, Producer

Arthur Everard

Director, Censor

Dean Cornish

Director, Producer, Camera

Eve Palmer

Presenter, Actor

John Knowles

Executive, Journalist

James Cunningham

Animator, Director, Producer

Brian Brake

Director, Cinematographer

Kai Hawkins

Production Designer

Jacob Bryant

Cinematographer

Gordon Dryden

Presenter, Interviewer

Rachel Jean

Producer, Executive

Terence Cooper

Actor

Taika Waititi

Director, Actor [Te Whānau-ā-Apanui]

Maaka Pohatu

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

Ken Clark

Animator, Editor

Andrew Szusterman

Executive

Ray Schofield

Newsreader

Nicholas Rogers

Actor

Nicky Marshall

Director

Morag Brownlie

Director, Producer

Iaheto Ah Hi

Actor, Writer

Rachael Blampied

Actor

Mukpuddy

Animation Studio

Toby Mills

Director [Ngāti Raukawa/Ngaiterangi]

Mario Gaoa

Writer, Actor

Wesley Dowdell

Actor

Kevin Smith

Actor

Neil Cervin

Cinematographer

John Leigh

Actor

Jani Alexander

Producer

Prince Tui Teka

Musician

Aroha Rawson

Actor

Jim Mora

Presenter

Katlyn Wong

Actor

Bob Lapresle

Director, Cinematographer

Theresa Healey

Actor

Armağan Ballantyne

Director, Writer

Norman Sievewright

Director

April Phillips

Actor, Writer

John Batten

Actor

Riccardo Pellizzeri

Producer, Director

Julienne Stretton

Director, Producer

Sarah Smuts-Kennedy

Actor

Conrad Wedde

Composer

Costa Botes

Director

Faye Smythe

Actor

Ron McIntyre

Camera

John Davies

Producer, Executive

Matasila Freshwater

Director, Writer, Animator

The Downlow Concept

Creative Collective

Pam Corkery

Presenter, Reporter

Chloe Smith

Producer, Production Manager

Bernadine Oliver-Kerby

Reporter, Newsreader

Josh Frizzell

Director

Gordon Bick

Journalist, Producer

Fran Carney

Production Manager, Producer [Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi]

Lucinda Hare

Actor

Peter Cathro

Director, Camera

Bret McKenzie

Actor, Musician

Matt Chisholm

Reporter, Presenter

Rosemary Riddell

Director

Samantha Hayes

Newsreader, Reporter

Graham Bell

Presenter

John Anderson

Director

John A Givins

Producer, Director

Colin Broadley

Actor, Presenter

Caroline Johnstone

Director

Carolyn Harper

Producer, Production Manager

Amber Easby

Producer

David Halls

Presenter

Marcus Palmer

Director, Camera

Trevor Haysom

Producer

Arwen O'Connor

Producer

Dan Hennah

Designer

Mike Edward

Actor

Samuel Scott

Composer

Cameron Chittock

Director, Animator

Geoffrey Dolan

Actor

Lynette Forday

Actor

Leela Menon

Producer

Arthur Baysting

Writer, Performer

Cian Elyse White

Actor, Director [Te Arawa]

Paula Whetu Jones

Director, Writer [Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Porou]

Judy Cleine

Actor

Bronwyn Bradley

Actor

Scotty Morrison

Presenter, Actor [Ngāti Whakaue]

Rob Mokaraka

Actor [Nga Puhi, Ngai Tuhoe]

Anna Jullienne

Actor

Caroline Bell-Booth

Director, Actor

Kathleen Mantel

Director [Ngāti Kahungunu]

Peta Rutter

Actor

Lynton Diggle

Director, Camera

Jon Gadsby

Writer, Actor

John Keir

Producer, Director

Peter O'Donoghue

Director, Editor, Writer

Peter Feeney

Actor

James Harris

Director, Camera

Carmen J Leonard

Producer (Te Arawa, Rangitāne)

Andrew Hagen

Composer, Sound

Geeling Ching (aka Geeling Ng)

Actor

David Calder

Composer

Ernie Leonard

Actor, Presenter, Producer, Executive [Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Rangitāne]

Leigh Hart

Actor, Presenter, Director

John McBeth

Presenter, Commentator

Greg Stitt

Director

Nicole Whippy

Actor

Tom Miskin

Sound

Matt McPhail

Producer, Director

Ilona Rodgers

Actor

Keith Hill

Director, Writer

Gaylene Preston

Director

Frances Edmond

Writer, Actor

Stanhope Andrews

Producer, Executive

Katrina Devine

Actor

Richard Harman

Journalist, Producer

Roy Billing

Actor

Keith Quinn

Presenter, Commentator

Marc Swadel

Director

Barbara Ewing

Actor, Writer

Gary Young

Actor

Michael Haigh

Actor

Alyx Duncan

Director, Choreographer

Te Ataraiti Waretini

Producer, Executive [Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wāhiao, Tainui, Te Rarawa]

Robert Rakete

Presenter, Actor [Ngāpuhi]

Lee Donoghue

Actor

Mark Sainsbury

Broadcaster

Bernadine Lim

Reporter, Director, Executive

Russell Smith

Actor

Jodie Rimmer

Actor

Bob Stenhouse

Animator

Gillian Ashurst

Director, Writer

Grant Bridger

Actor

Ray Columbus

Performer

Lindsay Shelton

Executive

Kirstin Marcon

Director, Writer

Tony Holden

Producer, Director

Peter Wells

Writer, Director

Gordon McLauchlan

Writer, Presenter

Francis Mossman

Actor

Melanie Bracewell

Comedian, Presenter, Writer

Nathan Price

Director

Murray Grindlay

Composer, Performer

Rosemary McLeod

Writer

Greg Page

Director, Musican

Beaver (Beverley Morrison)

Performer

Annie Whittle

Actor

Alexander Behse

Producer, Editor

Simon Raby

Cinematographer, Director

Irene Gardiner

Producer, Executive

Robert Brown

Camera

Quinton Hita

Actor, Producer

Nadia Maxwell

Producer

Dorthe Scheffmann

Producer, Director

Nigel Latta

Presenter

Alison Routledge

Actor

David Rittey

Director, Writer

Phillipa Dann

Presenter

Amanda Evans

Producer, Director

Ramon Rivero

Filmmaker, Animator

Peter Salmon

Director, Writer

Michael Keir-Morrissey

Actor

Thomas Robins

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor