John Bates
Director, Producer
2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Director - Documentary: for 50 Years of Television
2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Director (with Rupert McKenzie): for Beyond The Darklands
2004 Qantas Media Awards
Nominated for Best Television Documentary: New Faces Old Fears
2003 Qantas Media Awards
Best Television Documentary: Gang Girls
2003 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Documentary (with Paula Jones): Gang Girls
Nominated for Best Director (with Paula Jones): for Gang Girls
2002 TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards
Best Documentary: 1951
Best Director - Documentary: for 1951
1994 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Best Television Documentary: Sense of Place