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Profiles

Profiles of people in the screen industry

Manu Bennett

Actor [Te Arawa, Ngāti Kahungunu]

Dale McCready

 

Lucy Lawless

Actor

Craig Little

Presenter

Bruce Hopkins

Actor

Duncan Sarkies

Writer

Sarah Hunter

Director, Producer

Lew Pryme

Performer

Bob Parker

Presenter

David Hannay

Producer

Theo Baynton

Director, Designer

Ray Columbus

Entertainer

John Hutchinson

Camera

Francis Mossman

Actor

Brooke Williams

Actor

Matthew Ridge

Presenter

Shirlie Fairbrother

Producer, Director

Sally Stockwell

Actor

Rawiri Jobe

Actor [Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Huia, Ngāti Raukawa]

Witi Ihimaera

Writer [Te Whānau a Kai]

Rupert Julian

Director, Actor

John Psathas

Composer

Tyler Jane

Actor

Len Lye

Director, Innovator

Hayley Sproull

Actor, Presenter, Writer

George Henare

Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine

Frankie Adams

Actor

Janet McIntyre

Journalist

Beth Allen

Actor

Alix Whittaker

Producer

Rob Guest

Performer

Mick Rose

Actor

Raymond McGrath

Animator, Director

Arwen O'Connor

Producer

Vela Manusaute

Writer, Actor

Clyde Scott

Actor

Jeremy Macey

Producer

Norman Sievewright

Director

Darryl Ward

Cinematographer

Willy de Wit

Actor, Writer

Aroha Rawson

Actor

Neil Waka

Newsreader

Claudette Hauiti

Producer [Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāta Kuta, Ngāti Ruanui]

Jude Dobson

Presenter, Producer

Aidee Walker

Actor, Director

David Jamieson

Reporter

John McDonald

Producer, Director, Executive

David Jacobs

Producer, Director

Hone Kouka

Writer [Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kahungunu]

Jill Soper

Producer, Production Manager

Peter Metcalf

Editor

Kerre Woodham

Presenter

Rachael Blampied

Actor

Christian Rivers

Director, Visual Effects

Chris Thomson

Director, Producer

Jane Andrews

Producer/ Director

Taika Waititi

Director, Actor [Te-Whānau-ā-Apanui]

Maramena Roderick

Executive, Producer, Director, Reporter [Te Arawa, Te Rarawa]

Jacob Tomuri

Actor, Stunt Performer

Mark Beesley

Director

Alistair Wilkinson

Presenter, Reporter

Toa Fraser

Director, Writer

Bret McKenzie

Actor, Musician

Gerard Smyth

Director, Cinematographer

Julia Parnell

Producer, Director

Richard Riddiford

Director, Producer

Tim Shadbolt

Presenter

Larry Parr

Producer [Ngāti Raukawa, Muaūpoko]

David Beatson

Journalist, Presenter

Matty McLean

Presenter, Reporter

Marama Cole (née Jackson)

Actor [Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou]

Steven O'Meagher

Producer

Dave Mason

Producer

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Actor

Himiona Grace

Director [Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Porou]

Meredith Braun

Actor, Singer

Ingrid Park

Actor

Emily Campbell

Actor

Tim van Dammen

Director

Sharon Barbour

Director, Reporter

Simon Prast

Actor

Margaret Mahy

Author

Leo Woodhead

Director, Writer

Zoe McIntosh

Director

Jenny-May Clarkson (née Coffin)

Presenter, Reporter

Faifua Amiga

Actor

Richard Lord

Editor

Brough Johnson

Editor

Tainui Stephens

Producer, Director, Presenter [Te Rarawa]

John Hawkesby

Newsreader, Presenter

Ken Duncum

Writer

Rebecca Gibney

Actor, Producer

Phil Dadson

Artist, Musician, Director

Roimata Fox

Actor

Chris Sinclair

Sound

Mike Hopkins

Sound

Dave Hurley

Sound

Amanda Robertshawe

Director

Phil Keoghan

Presenter

Chris Chang

Journalist, Presenter

Austin Mitchell

Presenter, Writer

Robyn Paterson (actor)

 

Ian Cross

Journalist, Author, Broadcaster

Rachel House

Actor [Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga]

Kelly Johnson

Actor

Olly Ohlson

Presenter [Ngāti Whare]

Mhairead Connor

Producer

Jane Gilbert

Producer, Production Manager

Dana Youngman

Producer, Director, Executive

Duncan Garner

Presenter, Reporter

John Bach

Actor

Ally Xue

Actor, Writer, Producer

Peter Read

Presenter

Tim Balme

Actor/ Writer

Graeme Tetley

Writer

Tony Isaac

Director, Producer

Don Paulin

Sound

Alun Bollinger

Cinematographer

Simon Marler

Director, Producer

Bettina Hollings

Programmer, Producer

Dairne Shanahan

Journalist, Producer

Robin Kingsley-Smith

Producer, Reporter

Brian Challis

Director

Vicky Yiannoutsos

Director, Actor

Trisha Stratford

Director, Producer, Reporter

Lee Tamahori

Director [Ngāti Porou]

Daniel Cleary

Actor

Brendan Donovan

Director, Writer

John Leigh

Actor

Ben Mitchell

Actor [Tainui]

Danny Mulheron

Actor, Director

Malcolm Hall

Director, Producer

Larry Elliott

Sound

Harold Kissin

Actor

Hamish McFarlane

Actor, Assistant Director

Dalvanius Prime

Performer, Composer [Tainui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Ruanui, Tūwharetoa, Ngā Rauru, Pakakohi, Ngāi Tahu]

Jaquie Brown

Presenter, Actor

Michael Hedges

Sound

Peter Hawes

Writer, Presenter

Kip Chapman

Actor

Tandi Wright

Actor

Chris McVeigh

Writer, Actor

Edward Sampson

Producer, Editor

Theresa Healey

Actor

Hayley Holt

Presenter

Irene Wood

Actor

Ilona Rodgers

Actor

Bob Harvey

Producer, Executive, Politician

Melanie Bracewell

Comedian, Presenter, Writer

Jim Hopkins

Writer, Presenter

Elizabeth Knox

Writer

Keith Quinn

Presenter, Commentator

Hayden J Weal

Director, Actor

Marton Csokas

Actor

Keith Hill

Director, Writer

Haunui Royal

Director, Executive [Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Tamatērā, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Hine, Nga Puhi ki Te Tai Tokerau]

Keith Bracey

Presenter

Christopher Hobbs

Actor

Karl Urban

Actor

Richard Fletcher

Producer

Alan Erson

Director, Producer, Executive

Carthew Neal

Producer

Spencer Jolly

Reporter

Michael Firth

Director

John Feeney

Director

John Keir

Producer, Director

Max Currie

Director

Blair Strang

Actor [Hapū Patuharakeke]

Jay Laga'aia

Actor

Marc Swadel

Director

Virginie Le Brun

Actor

Nicola Murphy

Actor

Margot Francis

Editor

Anapela Polataivao

Actor, Writer

Les Andrews

Presenter, Performer

Adam Strange

Director

Tessa Tylee

Director/Producer

Matt Chisholm

Reporter, Presenter

Gus Roxburgh

Producer, Presenter

Grant Roa

Actor

Hori Ahipene

Actor

Cathy MacDonald

Director, Writer

Sam Hunt

Poet

Urzila Carlson

Comedian, Presenter

Simon Dallow

Newsreader [Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Piktao]

Paolo Rotondo

Actor

John Sumner

Actor

Xana Tang

Actor

Tofiga Fepulea’i

Actor, Comedian

Whai Ngata

Producer, Reporter, Executive [Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Apanui]

Tash Christie

Producer

Abi King-Jones

Director, Editor

Marc Chesterman

Composer, Sound

Colin McKenzie

Director, Cinematographer

Graeme Wilson

Producer, Executive

John Reid

Director, Writer

Michael Scott-Smith

Producer, Director

Jeffrey Thomas

Actor, Writer

Matt Heath

Actor, Producer, Writer

Ramon Rivero

Filmmaker, Animator

John Hudson

Journalist

John Maynard

Producer

Dell King

Editor, Director

Mike Single

Camera, Director

Fiona Copland

Producer

Rachel Antony

Producer, Executive

Rod Johns

Writer, All-rounder

Luit Bieringa

Director

Kayte Ferguson

Actor [Ngāti Rangitahi, Ngāti Toa, Ngāpuhi]

Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper

Composer

Paul Henry

Presenter

Simon Barnett

Presenter

Peter Muxlow

Director, Producer

Kate Rodger

Critic, Presenter, Reporter

Colin Hogg

Writer, Producer

Peter Feeney

Actor

Mark Richardson

Presenter

Jessica Hansell (aka Coco Solid)

Writer, Musician

Daniel Borgman

Director, Writer

Tammy Davis

Actor, Director [Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi]

Jane Thomas John (née Dyver)

Actor, Producer

Heather Crofskey (née Eggleton)

Presenter, Actor

Tania Simon

Presenter, Actor [Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rehia, Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Torehina]

Fane Flaws

Director, Musician, Artist

Gerd Pohlmann

Director, Producer

Chris Nichol

Producer, Director, Presenter

Richard Harman

Journalist, Producer

Shaun Brown

Journalist, Network Executive

Joel Haines

Composer

Vincent Ward

Director

Arani Cuthbert

Producer

Prince Tui Teka

Musician

Jono Smith

Cinematographer, Actor

Shereen Maloney

Director, Producer