Ken Sparks
Ken Sparks has a BA in Music and Drama. His introduction to editing was as an assistant on Vincent Ward classic In Spring One Plants Alone. Since then he has edited drama, dance films, many documentaries, music videos and commercials. Sparks has won three NZ TV awards, including for James K Baxter doco The Road to Jerusalem and as co-editor of acclaimed quake chronicle When a City Falls. He also directed on hit series Heartland.
I always reckon I got involved in editing at just the right time — New Zealand documentaries have flourished over the last 30 years and the way technology has improved is phenomenal. Ken Sparks
Whetū Mārama - Bright Star
2021, Editor - Film
Making New Zealand - Farming
2019, Editor - Television
Islands of the Gulf - Episode 4
2018, Editor - Television
Islands of the Gulf - Episode 5
2018, Editor - Television
Making New Zealand - Construction
2018, Editor - Television
Making New Zealand - Forestry
2018, Editor - Television
A Flickering Truth
2015, Co-Editor - Film
Te Araroa: Tales from the Trails - First Episode
2015, Editor - Television
The Brokenwood Mysteries
2014 - ongoing, Editor - Television
Helen Clark: The Road to Power
2013, Editor - Television
When a City Falls
2011, Editor - Film
The Hunt for the Pink and White Terraces
2011, Editor - Television
Blank Spaces
2010, Editor - Short Film
Death Goes to Disco
2006, Editor - Music video
Black Grace - From Cannon's Creek to Jacob's Pillow
2005, Editor - Television
Getting Stronger
2004, Editor - Music video
Ben and Olivia: The Search for Truth
2002, Editor - Television
Early Days Yet
2001, Editor - Television
Te Po Uriuri (The Enveloping Night)
2001, Editor - Short Film
1981 - A Country at War
2000, Editor - Television
The Truth about Māori
2000, Editor - Television
Kiwi Buddha
2000, Editor - Television
The Family
1999, Editor - Television
Bastion Point - The Untold Story
1999, Editor - Television
The Irish Connection
1999, Editor - Television
The London Connection
1999, Editor - Television
Hurtle
1998, Editor - Short Film
Perfectly Frank - The Life of a New Zealand Writer
1998, Editor - Television
Pacific Ikon
1998, Editor - Television
The Bay Boys
1998, Editor - Television
The Road to Jerusalem
1997, Editor - Television
Heartland - The Catlins
1996, Editor - Television
Heartland - Lyttelton
1996, Editor - Television
Heartland - Queen Street
1996, Editor - Television
Heartland - Alexandra
1995, Editor - Television
Heartland - Dunedin North
1995, Editor - Television
Heartland - High Country: Autumn Muster
1995, Director - Television
The Roaring Forties Tour
1995, Editor - Television
Booze Culture
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Fendalton
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - French Pass
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Glenorchy
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Haast
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Far North
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Bluff
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Hokitika
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Lawrence
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Ngāruawāhia
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Pātea
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Waimarino
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Waipū
1994, Editor - Television
Heartland - Gore
1993, Editor - Television
Heartland - Ōmarama
1993, Editor - Television
Heartland - Chatham Islands
1993, Editor - Television
Heartland - Collingwood Anzac Day
1993, Editor - Television
Heartland - Hokianga
1993, Editor - Television
Heartland - Maniototo (Living in the Maniototo)
1993, Editor - Television
Heartland - Te Kuiti
1993, Editor - Television
Split Enz - Spellbound
1993, Editor - Television
Gisborne Strikes Back
1992, Editor - Television
Lovelock
1992, Editor - Short Film
Heartland
1991 - 1996, Editor, Director - Television
Heartland - Stewart Island
1991, Editor - Television
Space Knights
1989, Editor - Television
Carmen
1989, Editor - Television
McCormick Country
1989, Editor - Television
Raglan by the Sea
1987, Editor - Television
Milestones - The Tour of the Century
1986, Editor - Television
Heart of the High Country - First Episode
1985, Editor - Television
Te Rerenga Wairua
1984, Editor - Short Film
The Scarecrow
1981, Assistant Editor - Film
In Spring One Plants Alone
1980, Assistant Editor - Short Film