Peter Wells broke ground as one of the first New Zealanders to tell gay stories on-screen. Aside from his work as an author, he explored gay and historical themes in several acclaimed drama and documentaries — including pioneering TV drama A Death in the Family, colourful big screen melodrama Desperate Remedies and Georgina Beyer documentary Georgie Girl. Wells died on 18 February 2019.
When I was a kid I was constantly dreaming of other places apart from where I lived … in some ways I treated aesthetics as an anaesthetic to help me cope with lots of things. Peter Wells in his 2001 documentary Pansy
Interview, 2014
2019, Subject - Television
2010, Subject - Television
2010, Subject - Television
2010, Subject - Television
2006, Co-Producer - Television
2006, Co-Producer - Television
2001, Director, Writer, Camera - Television
2001, Co-Director - Film
1998, Subject - Television
1998, Original Author - Film
1998, Writer - Film
1997, Writer, Original Author - Television
1995, As: NFU filmmaker - Television
1993, Co-Director, Writer - Film
1989, Director, Writer, Narrator - Short Film
1988, Director, Writer - Television
1986, Co-Director, Writer - Television
1985, Writer, Director - Television
1985, Writer, Art Director - Television
1981, Assistant Editor - Television
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