Joe Hitchcock
Joe Hitchcock began in film after his stop motion short Kismet played at the 2005 Screamfest in Los Angeles. He has since found a niche as a cinematographer and director, working on shorts, adverts and music videos. In 2010 Hitchcock was nominated as Best Director at New Zealand's Show Me Shorts film festival, for The North Pole Deception. He made his feature directing debut with Penny Black (2015), a road movie pairing a supermodel and an anarchist. Since then he has directed much travelled short Stick To Your Gun and several short documentaries, and shot campaign footage for future PM Jacinda Ardern.
We broke glass, smashed a light, and started fires, but the destruction was all planned. Joe Hitchcock on filming Penny Black, Viewfinder website, 19 June 2013
Ahikāroa
2019,2018-2021,2021, 2023, Director, Cinematographer, Director - Television
Suspended Generation - The Kids of Kiribati
2018, Co-Director, Cinematographer - Short Film
Ahikāroa - First Episode (Money, Money, Money)
2018, Cinematographer - Television
Anika Moa Unleashed - Series One
2018, Camera Operator (episode 2 & 3) - Web
Only in Aotearoa - First Episode
2017, Cinematographer - Television
Stick to Your Gun
2016, Director, Writer, Animator - Short Film
Loading Docs 2016 - Blood Sugar
2016, Director, Cinematographer - Web
Lapwing
2015, Director, Writer, Editor - Short Film
Deathgasm
2015, Camera Operator - Camera B - Film
Penny Black
2015, Director, Writer, Editor - Film
Only in Aotearoa
2018, Director, Cinematographer - Television
Land of the Long White Stain
2015, Camera - Film
Dive
2014, Camera Operator - B Camera - Short Film
Serve and Protect
2013, Cinematographer - Short Film
Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song
2013, Camera - Steadicam Operator - Film
The North Pole Deception
2010, Director, Animator, Cinematographer, Producer - Short Film
What Now?
2018, Director, Cinematographer - Television