John Barnett
Since the 1970s John Barnett has brought a host of uniquely Kiwi stories to local and international screens, from Fred Dagg and Footrot Flats, to Whale Rider, Sione's Wedding and Outrageous Fortune. As boss of production company South Pacific Pictures for 24 years, he was a driving force behind some of our landmark television dramas and feature films.
It took a while because not everybody could see that it was going to have a wide appeal — some people told me it would be very limited but I never had any doubt. John Barnett on Sione’s Wedding
ScreenTalk Legends - John Barnett
Interview, 2024
John Barnett: A life in NZ film and television...
Interview, 2009
The Brokenwood Mysteries - First Episode
2014, Executive Producer - Television
White Lies
2013, Producer - Film
The Blue Rose - Episode One
2013, Executive Producer - Television
High Country Rescue - Episode Eight
2012, Executive Producer - Television
Sione's 2 - Unfinished Business
2012, Producer - Film
Wild Coasts with Craig Potton - Fiordland & Faraway Coasts
2011, Executive Producer - Television
My Wedding and Other Secrets
2011, Producer - Film
The Almighty Johnsons
2011 - 2013, Executive Producer - Television
Nothing Trivial - First Episode
2011, Executive Producer - Television
The Almighty Johnsons - First Episode
2011, Executive Producer - Television
Spies and Lies
2010, Executive Producer - Television
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 1 - From One Channel to One Hundred
2010, Subject - Television
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 3 - Let Us Entertain You
2010, Subject - Television
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 5 - Telling Stories
2010, Subject - Television
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity
2010, Subject - Television
Rivers with Craig Potton - Rangitata
2010, Executive Producer - Television
Go Girls - First Episode
2009, Executive Producer - Television
Diplomatic Immunity - First Episode
2008, Executive Producer - Television
New Zealand's Got Talent
2008, Executive Producer - Television
We're Here to Help
2007, Producer - Film
Sione's Wedding
2006, Producer - Film
Outrageous Fortune - First Episode
2005, Executive Producer - Television
Interrogation - First Episode
2005, Executive Producer - Television
Maddigan's Quest - First Episode
2005, Executive Producer - Television
Outrageous Fortune
2005 - 2010, Executive Producer - Television
Behind the Scenes of Whale Rider
2003, Subject - Television
Being Eve - Being Upstaged
2002, Executive Producer - Television
Whale Rider
2002, Producer - Film
Being Eve
2001 - 2002, Executive Producer - Television
Mataku
2001 - 2005, Executive Producer - Television
Mercy Peak - First Episode (excerpt)
2001, Executive Producer - Television
Being Eve - Being a Couple
2001, Executive Producer - Television
Mataku - The Sisters (Ngā Tuāhine)
2001, Executive Producer - Television
Mercy Peak
2001 - 2003, Executive Producer - Television
Jubilee
2000, Executive Producer - Film
Lawless: Beyond Justice
2000, Executive Producer - Television
Lawless: Dead Evidence
2000, Executive Producer - Television
Jackson's Wharf
1999 - 2000, Executive Producer - Television
Jackson's Wharf - First Episode
1999, Executive Producer - Television
Lawless
1999, Executive Producer - Television
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
1999, Executive Producer - Film
Double Booking
1998, Executive Producer - Television
City Life
1996 - 1998, Executive Producer - Television
City Life - First Episode
1996, Executive Producer - Television
Plainclothes - First Episode
1995, Executive Producer - Television
Riding High
1995, Executive Producer - Television
Riding High - First Episode
1995, Executive Producer - Television
Shortland Street - Tuesday Warner's birth
1995, Executive Producer - Television
Marlin Bay - Series Three, Episode 11
1994, Executive Producer - Television
Jack Be Nimble
1993, Executive Producer - Film
Shortland Street
1992 - ongoing, Executive Producer - Television
Marlin Bay
1992 - 1994, Executive Producer - Television
Kaleidoscope - NZ Cinema, the Past Decade
1987, Subject - Television
Footrot Flats - The Dog's Tale
1986, Producer - Film
Iris
1984, Producer - Television
Wild Horses
1984, Producer - Film
Close Up - Patu: Completing the Picture
1983, Subject - Television
Cinema
1981, Subject - Television
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981, Producer - Film
Kaleidoscope - Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980, Subject - Television
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980, Producer - Film
Nutcase
1980, Producer - Film
Middle Age Spread
1979, Producer - Film
Three New Zealanders: Sylvia Ashton-Warner
1978, Producer - Television
Dagg Day Afternoon
1977, Producer - Short Film
Three New Zealanders: Ngaio Marsh
1977, Producer - Television
Wild Man
1977, Executive Producer - Film
Women in Power - Indira Gandhi
1976, Executive Producer - Television
Three New Zealanders
1975, Producer - Television
Three New Zealanders: Janet Frame
1975, Producer - Television
The Games Affair
1974, Associate Producer - Television
The Games Affair - A Question of Possibility (Episode One)
1974, Associate Producer - Television