Meng is a new, bilingual documentary co-directed and co-produced by Steven Chow (DEGANZ) and Julie Zhu (DEGANZ) and edited by fellow member Josh Yong. It highlights how titular subject Meng Foon’s mahi in the NZ Human Rights Commission offers “a particular kind of hope.” His fluency in both Cantonese and Te Reo Māori lead many to call him a symbolic […]
DEGANZ member Rebecca Tansley’s second film for the New Zealand Opera, The Strangest of Angels, is currently in pre-production. While her first film with NZO, Semele, was of the titular opera’s live performance, this new project will be filmed on location. The Strangest of Angels is a new opera inspired by the life of internationally […]
Earlier in the year, DEGANZ was joined by UK director/writer Steven Chatterton to discuss his approach when directing kids. He shares the tools he found useful when working with a first time child actor in his short film Adnan. Steven discusses how important the tools were when working on every aspect of Adnan, through auditions, […]
DEGANZ member Michelle Ang explores the tumultuous journey of healing and self-improvement in the new comedy web series, Self Help, out now on YouTube! She and Rawiri Jobe directed four episodes each of the eight-part series, produced by Wrestler and made with the support of NZOA. In the aftermath of a devastating break-up with his […]
DEGANZ members were selected for the 10th annual FilmUp Mentorship Programme! Kim Webby(writer/director/producer) Kim is a documentary maker with over 30 years of experience and a dozen documentaries and long-form television series. The Price of Peace, her first feature doco, won four international awards in 2015. Her recent work includes directing three modern art documentaries […]