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Profiles

Profiles of people in the screen industry

Belinda Todd

Presenter

Peter Coates

Director, Producer

Denson Baker

Cinematographer

Celia Jaspers (née Offwood)

Director, Producer

Paul Yates

Writer, Producer, Actor

Shavaughn Ruakere

Actor [Taranaki, Te Atiawa]

John Knowles

Executive, Journalist

Murray McNabb

Composer

Kim Gabara

Director, Producer

Tom Hern

Producer, Actor

Alison Parr

Journalist, Presenter

Carolyn Harper

Producer, Production Manager

Richard Long

Newsreader

John Utanga

Reporter, Producer

Dominic Ona-Ariki

Actor

Michael Seresin

Cinematographer

Gordon Bick

Journalist, Producer

Joe Musaphia

Writer, Actor

Dalvanius Prime

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

Dylan Pharazyn

Director

Kieren Hutchison

Actor

Bettina Hollings

Programmer, Producer

Anita McNaught

Journalist, Newsreader

Lanita Ririnui-Ryan

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

Hadyn Jones

Presenter, Reporter

Peter Read

Camera

Peter O'Brian

Actor, Stunts

Michael O'Connor

Cinematographer

Gaylene Preston

Director

Norman Sievewright

Director

Michael McDonald

Writer, Director

Yvonne Mackay

Director

Pam Corkery

Presenter, Reporter

Jemaine Clement

Actor, Musician

Tim van Dammen

Director

Tanea Heke

Actor [Ngā Puhi]

Marc Ellis

Presenter

Simon O'Connor

Actor, Writer

Jeremy Wells

Presenter

Cliff Curtis

Actor, Producer [Ngāti Hauiti, Te Arawa]

Sue Scott

Presenter

Alistair Wilkinson

Presenter, Reporter

Roy Snow

Actor

Robyn Malcolm

Actor

Katlyn Wong

Actor

Piripi Curtis

Producer [Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Pikiao]

Caroline Johnstone

Director

Carol Smith

Actor

Aaron Falvey

Director, Producer

Dave Gibson

Producer

Nigel Snowden

Producer

Francis Mossman

Actor

Mia Blake

Actor

John Gilbert

Editor

Josh Thomson

Actor, Director, Editor

Jeremy Dillon

Actor, Producer

Brian Latham

Camera

John Banas

Writer, Actor

Anthony McCarten

Writer, Director

Daniel Gillies

Actor

Bryn Evans

Director

Alison Quigan

Actor

Curtis Palmer

Presenter

Derek Payne

Presenter, Actor, Writer

José Barbosa

Director, Reporter

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Actor

Joyce Wong

Producer

Jodie Dorday

Actor

Ian Hughes

Actor, Director

Robbie Nicol

Writer, Presenter

Matt Chamberlain

Actor

Olly Ohlson

Presenter [Ngāti Whare]

Cian Elyse White

Actor, Director [Te Arawa]

Bonnie Soper

Actor

Philly de Lacey

Producer, Executive

John Davies

Producer, Executive

Michèle A'Court

Presenter

Kelly Johnson

Actor

Sophia Hawthorne

Actor

Jeff Simmonds

Animator

Lockwood Smith

Presenter

Dave Mason

Producer

Rhys Darby

Actor, Comedian

Michelle Turner

Producer, Production Manager

Barbara Ewing

Actor, Writer

Kate Hawkesby

Presenter, Reporter

Roy Good

Production Designer, Art Director

Malcolm Cromie

Sound

Scott Granville

Producer, Director

Mike Single

Camera, Director

Katherine Kennard

Actor

Beth Allen

Actor

Bob Lapresle

Director, Cinematographer

Jeremy Stephens

Actor, Narrator

James Anderson

Director, Editor

John Anderson

Director

Richard Hansen

Producer, Director, Sound

Aroha Rawson

Actor

Harold Brodie

Editor, Director

Polly Fryer

Producer

Charlotte Yates

Composer

Fiona Samuel

Director, Writer

Beulah Koale

Actor

Jacob Tomuri

Actor, Stunts

Derek Wooster

Director, Producer [Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maru, Te Āti Awa]

Carolyn Robinson

Newsreader, Presenter

Oxley Hughan

Director, Producer

Chic Littlewood

Presenter, Actor

Riccardo Pellizzeri

Producer, Director

Stephen Stehlin

Producer

Ian Johnstone

Presenter

Ian Watkin

Actor

Chloe Smith

Producer, Production Manager

Andrew Gunn

Writer

George Lowe

Camera

Matthew J Saville

Actor, Writer

Tim Batt

Comedian, Presenter

Zia Mandviwalla

Director

Judy Callingham

Writer

Wendy Petrie

Presenter

Morgan Leigh Stewart

Producer

Marama Cole (née Jackson)

Actor [Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou]

Michael Hurst

Actor, Director

Shirlie Fairbrother

Producer, Director

Vanessa Rare

Actor [Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Pu, Tamaterā, Ngāpuhi]

George Andrews

Producer

Laura Daniel

Comedian, Actor

David Beatson

Journalist, Presenter

Paul Horan

Producer, Writer

Don Paulin

Sound

Alice Fraser

Actor

Kylie Croft

Production Manager, Executive

Hamish Bennett

Director, Writer [Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu]

Paul Judge

Director, Academic

Rowley Habib (Rore Hapipi)

Writer [Ngāti Tūwharetoa]

Denise O'Connell

Actor

Joel Tobeck

Actor

Bernie Cleal

Camera

Raymond Thompson

Writer, Producer

Christopher Banks

Director

Bill McCarthy

Presenter, Executive

Matt Noonan

Producer

Doug Eckhoff

Executive

Jordi Webber

Actor

Justine Simei-Barton

Director

Julia Parnell

Producer, Director

John Keir

Producer, Director

Mick Rose

Actor

April Phillips

Actor, Writer

Suzy Clarkson (née Aiken)

Presenter

John Clarke

Comedian, Writer, Actor

Cathasaigh Ó Fiannachta

Writer, Director

Rima Te Wiata

Actor

Himiona Grace

Director [Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Porou]

Carmel McGlone

Actor

Joel Kefali

Director

Guy Pigden

Director, Writer

Eve Palmer

Presenter, Actor

Nisha Madhan

Actor

Judith Gibson

Actor

Mark Leishman

Presenter, Producer

Peter Dasent

Composer

Matty McLean

Presenter, Reporter

Luke Nola

Director, Presenter

Craig Gainsborough

Producer

Ray Ruawhare

Visual Effects

Chris Sinclair

Sound

Dominic Bowden

Presenter

Andrew Hagen

Composer, Sound

Euan Frizzell

Animator

Rick Spurway

Editor, Director

Marty Williams

Cinematographer

Steve La Hood

Director, Producer

Chris Bailey

Director, Producer

Michael Dean

Presenter, Journalist

Vea Mafile'o

Director, Art Director

Tim Woodhouse

Editor

Stu Dennison

Producer, Presenter

Diane Musgrave

Producer, Director

Christine Parker

Director, Writer

Karl Burnett

Actor

Ann Pacey

Actor, Musician

Bernadine Lim

Reporter, Director, Executive

Geoff Murphy

Director, Writer

Matt Chisholm

Reporter, Presenter

Peter Hawes

Writer, Presenter

Hilary Timmins

Presenter

David Gunson

Director, Storyboard Artist

Norman Elder

Producer

Steve Locker-Lampson

Camera

Amanda Alison

Writer

Andrew Shaw

Presenter, Executive

Lucy Sheehan

Actor

Gary Young

Actor

James Griffin

Writer

Virginie Le Brun

Actor

Melissa Chan-Green (née Davies)

Newsreader, Reporter

Nathalie Boltt

Actor, Director, Writer

Frances Edmond

Writer, Actor

Karen Olsen

Presenter

John Reid

Director, Writer

Nathan Meister

Actor

Dan Hennah

Designer

Kerre Woodham

Presenter

John A Givins

Producer, Director

Charlie Haskell

Director

Derek Wright

Camera, Director

Rosemary Riddell

Director

Phil Keoghan

Presenter

Nicky Marshall

Director

Gary McCormick

Presenter

Hone Tuwhare

Te Rārawa, Te Aupouri, Ngā Puhi

Perry Piercy

Actor, Acting Coach

Roy Ward

Writer, Actor

Erina Tamepo

Producer [Ngāti Porou, Ngai Tai]

Adam Luxton

Director, Cinematographer

Scotty Morrison

Presenter, Actor [Ngāti Whakaue]

Angela Dotchin

Actor

Robyn Paterson

Director, Writer

Li-Ming Hu

Actor

Renato Bartolomei

Actor

Mike Westgate

Sound

Greg McGee

Writer

Bree Peters

Actor [Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai]

Tony Isaac

Director, Producer

Jono Smith

Cinematographer, Actor

Dave Fraser

Composer

Clive Neeson

Director

Janet McIntyre

Journalist

Paora Maxwell

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

Lala Rolls

Director, Editor

Stelios Yiakmis

Actor

Mike Edward

Actor

John Earnshaw

Cinematographer

Arani Cuthbert

Producer

Brendan Withy

Editor, Camera

Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne

Actor [Ngāti Porou, Ngai Tūhoe]

Vela Manusaute

Writer, Actor

John Van Der Reyden

Sound

Waka Attewell

Cinematographer

Sam Neill

Actor, Director

Morton Wilson

Composer, Sound

Rod Morris

Director, Producer

Vicki Walker

Actor, Presenter, Comedian

Ian Cross

Journalist, Writer, Broadcaster

Fran Carney

Production Manager, Producer [Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi]

John Batten

Actor

Prince Tui Teka

Musician

Ngamaru Raerino

Writer, Cultural Expert [Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa]

Kerry Smith

Presenter, Actor

Samuel Scott

Composer

Mike Rehu

Executive, Presenter

Greg Heathcote

Editor, Producer, Executive

Jason Lei Howden

Director, Writer

Roxie Mohebbi

Actor

Stephen Latty

Cinematographer

John Hudson

Journalist

Merata Mita

Director, Writer, Producer [Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāi Te Rangi]

Don Oakley

Camera

Rob Mokaraka

Actor [Nga Puhi, Ngai Tuhoe]

Greg Johnson

Actor

Christian Rivers

Director, Visual Effects

Wade Doak

Camera

Andrew Bancroft

Director

Tony Barry

Actor

Ray Schofield

Newsreader

Marina Alofagia McCartney

Writer, Director

Greg Page

Director, Musican

Lucy Lawless

Actor

Carthew Neal

Producer

Simon Ogston

Director

Drew Neemia

Presenter, Actor

Marc Swadel

Director

Owen Black

Actor, Producer

Robert Steele

Producer, Director, Camera

Darryl Ward

Cinematographer

Samantha Blackley

Producer, Executive

Hamish McFarlane

Actor, Assistant Director

Mark Staufer

Writer

Greg Broadmore

Designer

Jack Tame

Presenter, Reporter

David Downes

Composer, Director

Todd Karehana

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

Mike Bodnar

Presenter

Terence Bayler

Actor

Tony Hiles

Director, Producer

Joe Naufahu

Actor

Jamaine Ross

Comedian, Editor

Peter Elliott

Actor

Athina Tsoulis

Director

Melanie Rakena

Director, Producer

Simon Coldrick

Editor

Vincent Burke

Producer

Miki Magasiva

Director, Writer

Geoff Bryan

Presenter

Leanne Saunders

Producer

Matthew Sunderland

Actor

Mike Mizrahi

Actor, Producer

Ginette McDonald

Actor, Producer, Director

Neil Roberts

Producer

Rodney Bryant

Presenter

Ray Columbus

Performer

Lauren Porteous

Director, Actor

Phillip Leishman

Presenter

Mark Piper

Director

Russell Brown

Presenter

Tāmati Coffey

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

Liz DiFiore

Producer

Anna Jullienne

Actor

Dean Parker

Writer

Lee Donoghue

Actor

John McKay

Sound

Graeme Tetley

Writer

Claire Chitham

Actor

Lisa Taouma

Producer, Director

Malcolm Kemp

Director, Producer

Dianne Lindesay

Producer, Writer

Jack Body

Composer

Tony Ciprian

Producer, Presenter

Te Kohe Tuhaka

Actor [Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe]

Kimberley Crossman

Actor, Presenter

Kirsty Cameron

Director, Production Designer, Costume Designer

Linda McLaughlan

Production Manager, Producer

Jan Oliver Lucks

Director, Editor

Michelle Savill

Director

Andy Conlan

Actor, Writer, Director

Laurel Devenie

Actor

Tessa Hoffe

Director, Writer

Claire Cowan

Composer

Jeffrey Thomas

Actor, Writer

Stephen McCurdy

Composer

Jessica Hansell (aka Coco Solid)

Writer, Musician

Bill Sheat

Executive

Joe Lonie

Director, Musician

DJ Sir-Vere

Musician

Holly Shervey

Actor, Writer

Richard O'Brien

Composer, Actor

Nicola Kāwana

Actor [Ngāruahine, Ngati Ruanui, Ngāti Kahungunu]

Sam Peacocke

Director, Writer

Corinna Hunziker

Director (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu)

Cameron Chittock

Director, Animator

Mark Richardson

Presenter

Nigel Latta

Presenter

Jamie Selkirk

Editor

Uelese Petaia

Actor, Presenter

Claudette Hauiti

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

Phil Dadson

Artist, Musician, Director

Alex Tarrant

Actor [Ngāti Pāoa]

Grant Bradley

Producer

Cherie Bradshaw

Actor

Sia Trokenheim

Actor

Billy T James

Comedian, Actor [Tainui]

Tim Capper

Animator, Special Effects

Will Wallace

Actor

Georgina Beyer

Actor [Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Porou]

Lyn Bergquist

Production Designer

Geoff Lealand

Academic, Writer

Patrick Gillies

Writer, Director

Steve Ayson

Director

Nicola Murphy

Actor

Marton Csokas

Actor

Judith Curran

Executive Producer, Director, Writer

Romy Hooper

Actor, Intimacy Coordinator

Todd Emerson

Actor

Peta Carey

Director, Camera, Presenter

Craig Hall

Actor

Vicky Yiannoutsos

Director, Actor

Ron Highfield

Production Designer

Joe Wylie

Animator

Sarah Peirse

Actor

Alix Whittaker

Producer

William Kircher

Actor, Producer

Simone Kessell

Actor [Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Pākehā]

Phil Gifford

Writer

Alan Dickson

Director, Producer, Animator

Barrie Everard

Producer, Executive

Charlotte Dawson

Presenter

Guy Capper

Animator

Michael Stedman

Executive, Producer

Tony Williams

Director

Phill England

Director, Editor, Cinematographer

Jim Hickey

Presenter

Pua Magasiva

Actor

Adam Jones

Director, Cinematographer

Ryan Bridge

Reporter, Presenter

Suzanne Paul

Presenter

Norman Forsey

Actor, Wardrobe

Peter Salmon

Director, Writer

John McRae

Producer, Executive

David Halls

Presenter

Peter Roberts

Editor

Ramai Hayward

[Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu] Actor, Director, Writer, Camera, Producer

Russell Crowe

Actor

Lorin Clarke

Writer

Ronald Hugh Morrieson

Writer

John Toon

Cinematographer

Mhairead Connor

Producer

Roger Simpson

Writer, Producer

Alison Bruce

Actor

Howard Moses

Director

Kanoa Lloyd

Presenter [Ngāti Porou]

Megan Alatini

Actor

Geeling Ching (aka Geeling Ng)

Actor

Peter Baldock

Production Manager

Margot Francis

Editor

Willa O'Neill

Actor

John Maynard

Producer

Barbara Magner

Presenter

Rawdon Christie

Presenter, Reporter

Antony Starr

Actor

Leon Narbey

Cinematographer

Jono Pryor

Presenter

Hinewehi Mohi

Producer, Performer [Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe]

Rachel Lang

Writer

Jonathan King

Director

Russell Reid

Director, Writer, Editor

Dean Mills

Camera

Andrew Moore

Director

Emma Slade

Producer

Chris Thomson

Director, Producer

John Charles

Composer, Director

Doug Dillaman

Editor, Writer

Andrew Niccol

Writer, Director

John Sheils

Visual Effects

Kim Harrop

Writer, Producer

Dana Youngman

Producer, Director, Executive

Renae Maihi

Director, Writer [Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāpuhi]

Rhys Duncan

Cinematographer

DJ Stipsen

Cinematographer

Harley Neville

Actor, Producer

Toni Street

Presenter

Paul Norris

Journalist, Executive

Emma Calveley

Director, Producer

Colin McKenzie

Director, Cinematographer

Ted (Edwin) Coubray

Camera, Sound

Neill Rea

Actor, Casting Agent

Joe Hitchcock

Cinematographer, Director

Gerard Johnstone

Director, Writer

Shirley Horrocks

Director, Producer

Robin Maconie

Composer

Jeff Hurrell

Editor

Kenneth Cumberland

Presenter

John Lye

Director, Producer

Michael Hacking

Director, Editor

Leanne Pooley

Director, Producer

Grant McKinnon

Cinematographer

Nicole Whippy

Actor

Andrew Adamson

Director, Writer

Lisa Manning

Presenter, Reporter

Paula Whetu Jones

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

Howard Taylor

Producer, Director

Bernadine Oliver-Kerby

Reporter, Newsreader

Freddie Hemara

Actor

Malcolm Ferguson

Cinematographer

Les Andrews

Presenter, Performer

Jonathan Gunson

Writer

Caterina De Nave

Producer

Robert Bruce

Actor's Agent, Stunts

Max Currie

Director

Steve Roche

Composer

Rena Owen

Actor [Ngāti Hine, Ngā Puhi]

Jessica Grace Smith

Actor, Director

Wesley Dowdell

Actor

Bryan Bruce

Director, Presenter

Michele Amas

Actor

Grahame McLean

Producer, Director, Production Manager

Frank Torley

Producer, Journalist

Kevin Milne

Presenter

Pamela Meekings-Stewart

Producer, Director

Tim Sanders

Producer

Russell Smith

Actor

Kate Peacocke

Producer, Director

Vincent Ward

Director

Grant Hindin Miller

Writer

Mike Jonathan

Director, Cinematographer [Tainui, Mātaatua, Te Arawa]

Edward Sampson

Producer, Editor

Justin Hawkes

Director, Editor

Christina Asher

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

Philippa Steele

Props

John Bach

Actor

Ken Blackburn

Actor

Amanda Gillies

Reporter, Presenter

Kate McDermott

Writer

Amanda Evans

Producer, Director

Winter Hall

Actor

Nikki Castle

Editor, Director

Robert Boyd-Bell

Journalist, Executive

Whai Ngata

Producer, Reporter, Executive [Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Apanui]

The Downlow Concept

Creative Collective

Tofiga Fepulea’i

Actor, Comedian

Errol Wright

Director, Camera

Jimi Jackson

Comedian [Te Ātihaunui-a-Papārangi]

Jonathan Ogilvie

Director, Writer

Kiel McNaughton

Actor, Director [Ngāti Mahanga, Tainui]

Matt Heath

Actor, Producer, Writer

Carmen J Leonard

Producer (Te Arawa, Rangitāne)

Richard Thomas

Producer, Executive

Ric Salizzo

Presenter, Producer

Bert Bridgman

Camera

Curtis Vowell

Actor, Director

Rachel House

Actor [Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga]

Sándor Lau

Director

Julie Christie

Producer, Executive

Janine Morrell-Gunn

Producer, Director [Ngāti Kahungunu]

Alun Falconer

Writer, Editor

Mikey Havoc

Presenter

Richard Riddiford

Director, Producer

Miriama Kamo

Presenter, Reporter [Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga]

Glenn Standring

Director, Writer

Pana Hema-Taylor

Actor [Ngāti Kahungunu]

Debbie Newby-Ward

Actor

Jay Laga'aia

Actor

Janice Finn

Producer, Writer

Willy de Wit

Actor, Writer

Peter Metcalf

Editor

James Blick

Writer, Director

Cameron Rhodes

Actor

Guyon Espiner

Presenter, Reporter

Alan Wilks (aka Alan Jervis)

Actor

Graeme Wilson

Producer, Executive

Keith Ballantyne

Composer

Simone Horrocks

Director, Writer