Experience

• 

  Imagination TV

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Director, Grand Designs NZ

    • Feb 2022 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

• 

  Self Employed

  • Film/TV Writer, Director and Producer

    • Sep 2007 - Present

    Multi-skilled television creative.

• 

  NHNZ

  • Series Producer - Ocean's Weirdest

    • Apr 2020 - Mar 2021

    Three part nature doco for National Geographic.

  • Series Producer - Asia's Weirdest

    • Apr 2020 - Mar 2021

    Three part nature doco for National Geographic.

• 

  Legal Fiction Ltd.

  • Director/Writer - Hot Chocolate

    • Feb 2019 - Sep 2019

    This short film screened at many international festivals including Flickerfest in Sydney and Encounters in Bristol, picking up seven prizes along the way.

• 

  NHNZ

  • Script Consultant - South America's Weirdest

    • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

• 

  NHNZ

  • Director - Top Roads China

    • Jun 2018 - Sep 2018

• 

  NHNZ

  • Director/Producer - 'Jackie Chan's Green Heroes'

    • Oct 2017 - Feb 2018

    One hour special following Jackie Chan to the Tibetan Plateau to test a groundbreaking recycling machine.

  • Writer: Destination Wild - Mexico 'Generation'

    • Nov 2017 - Dec 2017

    For National Geographic.

  • Post Producer 'World's Deadliest - World War Carnivores'

    • Aug 2017 - Oct 2017

    A light-hearted look at some of the deadliest animals on earth. For National Geographic.

  • Senior Writer 'Wildest New Zealand'

    • Apr 2017 - Oct 2017

    Wildest New Zealand is a 5x1 hr blue chip natural history series fully shot in 4k for Canadian broadcaster Blue Ant Media.

  • Senior Writer 'Shark Squad'

    • Apr 2017 - Jul 2017

    Observational documentary about the tagging of Mako sharks for Blue Ant/Love Nature/Smithsonian.

  • Post Producer 'Siberia's Wild Year'

    • Feb 2017 - Jun 2017

    This is a standalone blue chip archive show for National Geographic.

  • Post Producer 'Inside the Pack'

    • Feb 2017 - May 2017

    Inside the Pack is a standalone archive show for National Geographic. It deals with the complex struggles of social hunters.

  • 'Wild 24' - Post Producer

    • Jun 2015 - Feb 2017

    Wild 24 is a blue chip archive show for National Geographic. I post produced seven episodes across two series.

• 

  Lupin Pictures

  • Director 'Cold Fish'

    • Sep 2016 - Sep 2017

    Short film about an old man contemplating suicide when a malevolent 11-year-old appears and begins to taunt him in an effort to get him to do the deed. Winner of Best Short Film award at the the Ravenna Nightmare international Film Festival

• 

  Love + Radio

  • 'Paremoremo' - Producer

    • May 2015 - Jun 2015

    'Paremoremo' episode of 'Love + Radio' podcast. Have a listen -http://loveandradio.org/2015/05/paremoremo/

• 

  Eyeworks

  • NZ

  • 'Our First Home' - Story Producer

    • Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
    • NZ

• 

  Al Jazeera Media Network

  • 'The Slum' - Editor

    • Feb 2014 - 2014

    6 x 1hr documentary series about the Tondo slum in Manila, Philippines.

• 

  NHNZ

  • 'I Survived...' - Editor

    • 2014 - 2014

• 

  Notable Pictures

  • 'Both Worlds 2' - Director

    • 2013 - 2013

• 

  Greenstone Pictures

  • 'Serious Crash Unit' - Editor

    • 2013 - 2013

• 

  Screentime Communications

  • 'Testing The Menu' - Editor

    • 2013 - 2013

• 

  Reunion Productions

  • 'Chloe' - Director/Producer

    • 2013 - 2013

• 

  Showdown Productions

  • 'Crime Exposed' - Writer/Editor

    • 2012 - 2013

    TV3's prime time police reality show.

• 

  Top Shelf Productions Ltd

  • 'Target' - Director

    • 2012 - 2012

    Product check segments for TV3's prime time consumer affairs show.

• 

  Notable Pictures

  • 'Both Worlds' - Director

    • 2012 - 2012

    Diversity show on TV3.

• 

  Buto Productions (Formerly Butobase Ltd)

  • 'Ever Wondered?' Season 2 - Director

    • 2011 - 2011

    TVNZ7's flagship science show.

• 

  Rogue Productions

  • 'Reel Late With Kate' Seasons 2 and 3 - Editor/Writer

    • 2010 - 2011

    TV3's movie review show.

• 

  Buto Productions (Formerly Butobase Ltd)

  • 'Ever Wondered?' Series 1 - Director

    • 2010 - 2010

    TVNZ7's flagship science series.

• 

  Top Shelf Productions Ltd

  • 'What's Really In Our...?' - Director/Editor

    • 2010 - 2010

    TV3's prime time consumer affairs show.

• 

  TV3

  • 'Campbell Live' - Reporter

    • 2009 - 2009

    'Giant Killers' story for TV3's flagship current affairs show.

• 

  Buto Productions (Formerly Butobase Ltd)

  • 'Minority Voices' - Director

    • 2009 - 2009

    TVNZ diversity show.

• 

  Starfish Pictures

  • 'Rapid Response' - Camera/Director

    • 2009 - 2009

    Reality show for TV3

• 

  Top Shelf Productions Ltd

  • 'What's Really In Our Food?' - Editor

    • 2009 - 2009

    TV3's prime time consumer affairs show

• 

  NHNZ

  • 'I Survived...' - Editor

    • 2008 - 2009

    Top rating documentary series for A+E network's Bio Chanel (USA)

• 

  Buto Productions

  • 'Kaihoe Wahine' - Editor/Director

    • 2007 - 2008

    Sports series for Maori Television

  • 'Relocated Mountains' - Editor/Director

    • 2007 - 2007

    Documentary for NHK (Japan), ITVS (USA) and Maori Television.

• 

  TV3

  • 'Campbell Live' and '60 Minutes' - Editor

    • 2005 - 2007

    TV3's prime time current affairs shows

• 

  Tartan TV

  • 'Tartan TV' - Editor

    • 2003 - 2004

    Magazine show for PBS (USA)

  • 'In Search of the Tartan Turban' - Editor

    • 2003 - 2003

    BAFTA winning documentary for Channel 4 (UK)

• 

  Edinburgh Mediabase

  • Avid Editing Tutor

    • 2002 - 2003

    Basic Avid editing.

• 

  Self Employed

  • Freelance Filmmaker - Various Productions

    • 2001 - 2003

    Director, Producer, Editor, Camera Operator, Sound Recordist across a variety of short films, community, corporate and promotional videos.