Helena Brooks
Born in London, and raised across Australasia, Helena Brooks went on to complete a Master of Arts in Directing and Screenwriting at Auckland University. Her long list of commercials includes work for director Ridley Scott. Brooks' short film Nothing Special — a comical tale of a young man struggling to escape an overzealous mother — was nominated for best short at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. In 2017 she directed episodes of hit shows 800 Words and The Brokenwood Mysteries, followed by psychological thriller The Bad Seed. Brooks is also developing a movie with her Nothing Special partner Jaquie Brown.
When I'm working hard, my idea of paradise is doing nothing. When I'm doing nothing, my idea of paradise is working. It's a problem I know. Helena Brooks, in a 2008 interview with website Mindfood
The Bad Seed
2019, Director - Television
The Bad Seed - First Episode
2019, Director - Television
Funny Girls - NZ Suffragette Special
2018, Director - Television
Westside
2016, Second Unit Director - Television
800 Words
2017, Director - Television
Funny Girls
2018, Director - Television
The Brokenwood Mysteries
2017, Director - Television
Cure Kids - All Blacks Prank: Japanese Ad
2013, Director - Web
Jono and Ben
2013, Director - Television
Doves of War - Full Series
2006, Assistant Editor - Television
Nothing Special
2005, Director, Writer, Producer - Short Film
Headliners
2004 - 2005, Subject - Television
Serial Killers - Full Series
2004, Assistant Camera - Television
Skin and Bone
2003, Assistant Editor - Television
Being Eve
2001 - 2002, Assistant Camera - Television