Philly de Lacey: On the challenges of making crime shows...

Philly de Lacey is the Managing Director of production company Screentime NZ. Screentime has produced a number of crime documentaries and dramas, and De Lacey has been involved with many of them as Executive Producer. Her credits include documentary series Police Ten 7, Water Patrol and Marae DIY; and the dramas Bloodlines, Siege, Safe House and Underbelly: Land of the Long Green Cloud.

In this ScreenTalk, de Lacey talks about: 

• Wanting to demystify the police in Police Ten 7
• Having to carefully edit the programme to protect the vulnerable
• The joy of making ‘feel-good’ show Marae DIY
• Making sure victims of crime were okay with being part of Beyond the Darklands
• Dealing carefully with legal issues with Underbelly: Land of the Long Green Cloud
• Being emotionally affected when filming Siege
• Justifying the decision to make How to Murder Your Wife a black comedy

This video was first uploaded on 1 September 2014, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside