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Ross Jennings

Producer, Executive

Ross Jennings cut his teeth as a television producer in the late 1970s on dramas like Close to Home and Moynihan. After stints as Head of Drama at TVNZ and at Crawford Productions in Melbourne, he began a long association with Screentime Communicado  where he created early Kiwi reality shows Middlemore and Police 10-7. Jennings passed away on 25 March 2016.

I have absolute faith in the New Zealand audience. Once they become comfortable with our own sounds and stories their appetite for local drama will grow and grow ... but you have to give New Zealanders good product, made with heart and passion and integrity. Ross Jennings, in a 6 June 1992 Evening Post interview

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In Memoriam 2016

2016, Subject - Short Film

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 1 - From One Channel to One Hundred

2010, Subject - Television

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 5 - Telling Stories

2010, Subject - Television

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity

2010, Subject - Television

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Wayne Anderson - Glory Days (Series Two, Episode One)

2009, Executive Producer - Television

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Marae DIY - Manutuke Marae (Series Three Episode)

2006, Executive Producer - Television

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2006 Māori Television Anzac Day Coverage - Nā Rātou, Mō Tātou

2006, Creator - Television

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Wayne Anderson - Singer of Songs (First Episode)

2006, Executive Producer - Television

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Ghost Hunt - St James Theatre

2006, Executive Producer - Television

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Ellerslie - First Episode

2005, Executive Producer - Television

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Nathan Haines Family Album

2005, Executive Producer - Television

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Ellerslie

2005, Creator, Executive Producer - Television

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Colin McCahon: I Am

2004, Executive Producer - Television

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Gladiator: The Norm Hewitt Story

2004, Executive Producer - Television

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The Hidden

2004, Executive Producer - Television

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Good Hands - Lima Lelei - First Episode

2003, Executive Producer - Television

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P.E.T. Detectives

2003 - 2005, Executive Producer - Television

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Good Hands - Lima Lelei

2003, Executive Producer - Television

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P.E.T. Detectives - First Episode

2003, Executive Producer - Television

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Police Ten 7

2002 - 2005, Creator, Executive Producer - Television

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2000 Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park

2000, Executive Producer - Television

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Il Magiorre - My Father's War in Italy

2000, Executive Producer - Television

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Tala Pasifika - The Overstayer

2000, Producer - Television

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Tala Pasifika - Matou Uma

1999, Executive Producer - Television

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Tala Pasifika

1999, Executive Producer - Television

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Melody Rules

1995 - 1996, Developer, Producer - Television

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Melody Rules - Going, Going ... Goner (First Episode)

1995, Producer - Television

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Homeward Bound - First Episode

1992, Director, Executive Producer - Television

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Homeward Bound

1992, Creator, Director, Producer - Television

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Space Knights - The Golden Knight (First Episode)

1989, Producer - Television

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Loose Enz - That Bread Should Be So Dear

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Loose Enz - The Good Samaritan

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Loose Enz - Eros and Psyche

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Loose Enz - If the Cat Laps

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Loose Enz - Press for Service

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Loose Enz - Coming and Going

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Loose Enz - Graham's Mum and the Goulden Tour

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Loose Enz - The Pumice Land

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Loose Enz

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Loose Enz - The Protesters

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Loose Enz - The Venus Touch

1982, Executive Producer - Television

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Kingi's Story

1981, Associate Producer - Television

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Jocko - Man with a Gun

1981, Executive Producer - Television

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The Monster's Christmas

1981, Associate Producer - Television

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The Scarecrow

1981, Associate Producer, Executive Producer - Film

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The Mad Dog Gang Meets Rotten Fred and Ratsguts (TV movie)

1978, Director, Producer - Television

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All Things Being Equal - 22 September 1978 Episode

1978, Director - Television

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Moynihan

1976 - 1977, Producer, Director - Television

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Close to Home

1975 - 1983, Producer, Director - Television

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Country Calendar

1973 - 1974, Director - Television