Wayne Tourell
Wayne Tourell is a prime contender for having the longest CV of any director in New Zealand television. After time as an actor and presenter, he began winning a long run of awards as a director. Tourell has helmed high profile documentaries (Landmarks, Moriori), drink driving campaigns, teen movie Bonjour Timothy — plus episodes of Mortimer’s Patch, Shortland Street, Gloss and his beloved legal drama Hanlon.
Wayne makes the set a relaxing and enjoyable place to be. On my first feature film he was so nurturing and helpful, and took away all my nerves. He’s one of the two people who encouraged and supported me in my journey to become a director myself, and I've always been inspired by him. Actor/director Angela Bloomfield
Wayne Tourell: Creating landmark television…
Interview, 2013
Sally Martin on helicopter crashes and teaching Bella first aid
2017, Director - Shortland Street clip - Web
Shortland Street - 20th Anniversary Special
2012, Director - Television
Rivers with Craig Potton
2010, Producer - 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, Producer - Television
Interrogation
2005, Director - Television
Spin Doctors - Series Four, Final Episode
2003, Director - Television
Ghosts of Gondwana
2001, Executive Producer - Television
Spin Doctors
2003, Director - Television
The Tribe
1999, Director - Television
The Tribe - Episode Two
1999, Director - Television
The Tribe - First Episode
1999, Director - Television
William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale
1998, Director - Television
City Life
1996 - 1998, Director - Television
City Life - First Episode
1996, Director - Television
Plainclothes
1995, Director - Television
Bonjour Timothy
1995, Director - Film
Deepwater Haven
1993, Director - Television
Shortland Street
1992 - 2012, Director - Television
Marlin Bay
1992 - 1994, Director - Television
3 Men and a Boat
1992, Director, Writer, Producer - Television
Maggie's Garden Show
1991 - 1992, Director, Producer - Television
The Boy From Andromeda
1990, Director - Television
The Boy from Andromeda - The Guardian
1990, Director - Television
The Shadow Trader (Part One)
1989, Director - Television
The Shadow Trader (Part Two)
1989, Director - Television
Space Knights - The Golden Knight (First Episode)
1989, Executive Producer - Television
Steel Riders
1988, Director - Television
Gloss
1987 - 1990, Director - Television
Steel Riders - Bloodstones (First Episode)
1987, Director - Television
Steel Riders
1987, Director - Television
Open House - Happy Birthday (First Episode)
1986, Producer - Television
Open House
1986 - 1987, Producer - Television
Hanlon - In Defence of Minnie Dean
1985, Director - Television
Hanlon
1985, Director - Television
Country GP
1984 - 1985, Director - Television
Mortimer's Patch - Nothing Changed (Series Three, Episode Six)
1984, Director - Television
A Fated Ship
1981, Director - Television
Landmarks - A Land Apart
1981, Director - Television
Landmarks
1981, Director - Television
Moriori
1980, Director - Television
Sea Urchins
1982, Director - Television
Mortimer's Patch
1980 - 1984, Director - Television
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
1979, Producer - Television
Land of a Thousand Lovers
1977, Director - Television
On the Day
1975, Director - Television
Telethon
1988, Producer - Television
Seven Days
1975 - 1977, Director - Television
Close to Home
1975 - 1983, Director - Television
479
1974, Director, Writer - Television
Into Antiquity: A Memory of the Māori Moko
1972, Director - Short Film
The Taking Mood
1969, Actor - Short Film
On Camera
1969 - 1971, Director - Television
Town and Around
1969 - 1971, Director (Wellington) - Television