Like most everyone else, I’ve been walking around with a smile on my face since Winston Peters decided which side of the seesaw to get on. I’m not as rabidly dogmatic as many left of centre seem to be in the screen industry, but I do know that the social fabric of New Zealand society […]
I’ve had an incredibly busy time these last few weeks attending industry gatherings, and if there’s one thing certain, it’s that change is coming. New Zealand On Air held a drama day recently with more than 130 industry people who intersect with drama. As most of you will know, there has been a large amount […]
L to R: George Andrews, John Reid, DEGNZ President Howard Taylor, Keith Hunter. PHOTO: Focalpoint Photos FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday 12 October 2017 At an awards ceremony and dinner on Friday 6 October in Ponsonby Auckland, Howard Taylor, President of the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ, confirmed Lifetime memberships with the presentation of […]
With the Big Screen Symposium almost upon us again with a host of excellent speakers to hear from, I thought I might reflect on professional development. Eight or so years ago I decided to focus on narrative feature film and TV drama. I had come from a background of documentary, news, travel, and marketing storytelling […]
I was fortunate to have been invited to the Asia-Pacific Producers Network annual meeting last week in Taiwan. There were 40 or so producers there from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, and Patrick Frater, Variety’s Asia Bureau Chief, who is based in Hong Kong. I spoke to a good number of […]