Kathleen Mantel
Kathleen Mantel began directing TV documentaries in the late 1990s. She went on to win awards in the United States for Kiwi-made docos on problem gambling (It's Not a Game) and the Exclusive Brethren (Leaving the Exclusive Brethren). In 2012 The Green Chain won the NZ TV Award for Best Popular Documentary. Mantel also directed barbershop series The Barber and award-winning series Chatham Islanders: Tchakat Tchatam Airani.
It's an honour to go into a person's house for an interview as a stranger, and leave with an intimate knowledge of someone, of something, or of an idea you didn't have before. Kathleen Mantel
Making New Zealand - Farming
2019, Director - Television
Making New Zealand - Construction
2018, Director - Television
Making New Zealand - Forestry
2018, Director - Television
Making New Zealand - Mining
2018, Director - Television
The Palace
2016, Director - Television
The Palace - First Episode
2016, Writer - Television
Te Araroa: Tales from the Trails
2015 - 2016, Director - Television
Making New Zealand
2018, 2019, Director - Television
The Green Chain
2011, Director, Writer - Television
Leaving the Exclusive Brethren
2005, Director, Writer - Television
20/20
1996, Editor, Sound - Television
Nightline
1997, Reporter, Editor - Television