Mark Prebble
Director, Writer
British-born but based in New Zealand since age eight, Mark Prebble dreamt of being a filmmaker from an early age. In the 1990s he began making short films, and working behind the scenes in varied crew roles. Then he turned screen satirist, directing Futile Attraction (2005), which follows a film crew making a dating show. It was the first Kiwi movie completed via an online funding campaign. Since then Prebble has created shorts and plays with his wife Marion, written for Māori TV's B&B, and spent three years as Vice President of the NZ Writers Guild. He is now second in command at film festival Show Me Shorts.
Editing was like pulling teeth — staring at the same jokes for two years does weird things to your head. Writer/director Mark Prebble on completing his first feature-length film Futile Attraction, Whoosh website, 2004
