PeterHayden
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
- Presenter
Peter Hayden’s long storytelling career spans fact, fiction, feather and fur. Hayden has worked extensively behind the scenes on a run of nature documentaries, made for company NHNZ. His acting career includes roles in classic goldmining drama Illustrious Energy and Maurice Gee series The Fire-Raiser. In 2017 Hayden was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to film and television.
Screenography
Biography
Peter Hayden’s career makes him a very unusual species indeed. His extensive acting resume stretches from Beyond Reasonable Doubt to stage play The Daylight Atheist; he also spent three decades making and presenting nature documentaries.
Awards
2017 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
For Services to Film and Television
1988 Listener Film and Television Awards
Best Non-Drama Writer - Television: for Journeys in National Parks
“I'm curious, and that's what drives me as a naturalist, as an actor and as a human being.”