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Piki Films
Piki Films is a New Zealand film and video production and distributing company based in Auckland. Piki Films is known for producing '' Jojo Rabbit'', ''Hunt for the Wilderpeople'', and '' The Breaker Upperers''. The name "Piki" means "jump" or "climb over" in the Māori language. History Piki Films was founded by the Oscar-nominated filmmakers Taika Waititi Taika David Cohen (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi ( ), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award, and has received two nominations at ... and Carthew Neal. In September 2019, ''Jojo Rabbit'' won the festival's audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival and earned six nominations at the 92nd Oscars in 2020. Productions References External links * Television production companies of New Zealand Film production companies of New Zealand {{tv-production-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ''Forbes'' survey of closely held U.S. businesses sold a trillion dollars' worth of goods and service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanu Gago
Tanu Gago is a visual artist, film maker and co-founder of arts collective FAFSWAG. He received a New Zealand Queens Birthday honour in 2019 for services to art and the LGBTIQ+ community. Biography Gago was born in 1983 in Sāmoa and grew up in Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand. He has a Bachelor of Arts in performing arts with a major in writing and directing for screen from Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland. A photographic exhibition of Gago's called ''Avanoa o Tama'' (2012) had as the subject Polynesian men and explored notions of gender and sexuality. This exhibition was presented at Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki (CoCA). FAFSWAG was established in 2013 by Tanu Gago and Pati Solomona Tyrell. FAFSWAG is a collective that pioneer Ballroom culture in New Zealand, and exhibit around the world including Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, Rotterdam International Film Festival and ImagineNATIVE, Toronto, Canada. FAFSWAG represented New Zealand at the 22nd Bie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Bandits (TV Series)
''Time Bandits'' is an upcoming American fantasy adventure television series created by Jemaine Clement, Iain Morris, and Taika Waititi, based on the 1981 film of the same name directed by Terry Gilliam. Premise The series is described as a comedic journey through time and space with a ragtag group of thieves and their newest recruit: an eleven-year-old history nerd. Cast * Lisa Kudrow as Penelope * Kal-El Tuck as Kevin * Charlyne Yi as Judy * Tadhg Murphy as Alto * Roger Jean Nsengiyumva as Widgit * Rune Temte as Bittelig * Kiera Thompson as Saffron * Rachel House as Fianna Episodes The third through tenth episodes of the series are written by Jemaine Clement & Iain Morris, Akilah Green, Melanie Bracewell, Tyrell Williams, Jemaine Clement, Jemaine Clement, Sam Bain, and Iain Morris, respectively. Production In July 2018, it was announced that Apple Inc. had closed a deal to develop a television series version of the Terry Gilliam film, with Gilliam set to serve as exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jenkins (television Writer)
David Jenkins is an American television writer, producer, and showrunner. He created the sitcoms ''Our Flag Means Death'' for HBO Max and ''People of Earth'' for TBS. Life and career Jenkins was born in Minneapolis and grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He attended Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, IL. He went to Boston University for his undergraduate studies and received a degree in philosophy and political science. He received an MFA in Acting from NYU where he was awarded the Paul Walker Scholarship. While working as an actor in New York, Chicago, and at revered institutions such as Yale Rep and San Francisco's ACT, Jenkins began writing plays. He was a founding member of a theater company called "Human Animals" through which he could produce his own work. "Human Animals is a theater company dedicated to the exploration of the idiosyncrasies of the Human Animal," explained a press release. Later on, Jenkins explained that the company was a way for him to get off the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Flag Means Death
''Our Flag Means Death'' is an American period comedy television series created by David Jenkins. Set in the early 18th century during the Golden Age of Piracy, the series follows the misadventures of gentleman-turned-pirate Stede Bonnet ( Rhys Darby) and his crew aboard the ''Revenge'' as they try to make a name for themselves as pirates and cross paths with famed pirate captain Blackbeard (Taika Waititi). ''Our Flag Means Death'' was released on HBO Max from March 3 to 24, 2022. It received positive reviews, including praise for its LGBTQ+ representation, and was renewed for a second season in June 2022. In the UK, the series began broadcasting on BBC Two on January 4, 2023, with all episodes available on BBC iPlayer. Premise The series is loosely based on the life of Stede Bonnet. In 1717, Captain Bonnet is a member of the landed gentry of Barbados who abandons his comfortable life and family to prove himself as a pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy, despite having no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aroha Bridge
''Aroha Bridge'' is a New Zealand adult animated comedy by Jessica Hansell. The series focuses on the biracial twins Kōwhai and Monty Hook as they navigate the fictional community of Aroha Bridge and their pursuit in finding stardom. ''Aroha Bridge'' began as a webcomic entitled ''Hook Ups'', which was first published in ''Volume'' magazine in 2011. It was later renamed and made into a series of 3 minute online shorts that first aired on ''The New Zealand Herald'' website. ''Aroha Bridge'' was later greenlit as a full series with funding from NZ On Air and aired on Māori Television. The animated series first aired on 23 May 2013, and stars Jessica Hansell, Rizván Tu’Itahi, Madeleine Sami, Frankie Stevens, and Scotty Cotter. Synopsis ''Aroha Bridge'' focuses on the fictional community of Aroha Bridge and the multicultural community within it, with a focus on "authentic, urban Māori characters". The series focuses on the biracial twins Kōwhai and Monty Hook as they try ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red, White & Brass
''Red, White & Brass'' is a 2023 New Zealand comedy film directed by Damon Fepulea'i. Plot The film centres around Tongan New Zealander rugby fan Maka, who is seeking to get tickets to attend the 2011 Rugby World Cup's Tonga versus France game in Wellington on 1 October 2011. Maka frequently clashes with his successful cousin Veni, who has aspirations of climbing the social ladder and regards Maka as a loser. Following a church fundraising effort, Maka buys fake tickets from a local criminal. Though Maka's mother manages to recover the funds, they are too late to buy the tickets for the match. Still determined to watch the Tonga versus France match, Maka comes up with the idea of creating a brass band to perform during the pre-match entertainment. However, the band does not exist, and Maka has four weeks to create the band. Despite the disapproval of his conservative church minister father and the Tongan community elders, Maka forms an impromptu band consisting of Veni, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Done
''Baby Done'' is a 2020 New Zealand comedy film. Directed by Curtis Vowell and executively produced by Taika Waititi, written by Sophie Henderson, and starring Rose Matafeo. Plot Zoe is a young woman who discovers she's pregnant. But, acting in denial, she tries to live a wild single life before the baby arrives. Her boyfriend, Tim, has the opposite reaction to the baby news and goes into nesting mode. Cast *Zoe - Rose Matafeo *Tim - Matthew Lewis *Brian - Nic Sampson *Molly - Emily Barclay *Antenatal teacher - Alice Snedden Production Married couple Henderson and Vowell made the semi-autobiographical film out of their own fear of growing old and settling down. Release The film premiered in Australia and New Zealand on 22 October 2020. It was later released in the UK and Ireland on 22 January 2021. Reception The Guardian praised "Matafeo’s wonderful, compulsively affable performance is core to the film’s irresistible good naturedness: its spirit, pluck, bounce." On rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Van Beek
Jackie van Beek (born 10 May 1976) is a New Zealand film and television director, writer and actress. Early life Van Beek was born and raised in Wellington and attended Onslow College. She studied contemporary dance at the Wellington Performing Arts Centre, then completed a linguistics degree at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating in 1998. Throughout her studies she wrote and produced plays in Wellington theatres and schools. Career In 1999 van Beek moved to Auckland and worked on theatre productions, and she spent a year at Ohio Northern University as the writer-in-residence. In 2006 van Beek moved to Australia and began making short films. Her first feature film was ''The Inland Road'', which was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival, followed by her second feature film, ''The Breaker Upperers.'' Van Beek has won a number of filmmaking awards, including SPADA New Filmmaker of the Year in 2013, as well as act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Sami
Madeleine Nalini Sami is a New Zealand actress, director, comedian and musician. She started her acting career in theatre before moving to television, where she created, wrote, and starred in ''Super City''. She co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the 2018 film '' The Breaker Upperers'', along with Jackie van Beek, which was a New Zealand box office success. Sami co-hosted ''The Great Kiwi Bake Off''. Early life Sami is one of four children. Her parents are Christine Southee, who has Irish ancestry, and Naren Sami, a Fijian-Indian who settled in New Zealand. Her parents separated when she was 11. She attended Onehunga High School. Career Sami rose to prominence starring in Toa Fraser's play ''Bare,'' winning best actress at the 1999 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. She then was part of Fraser's next play, ''No. 2.'', which won Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2011, Sami created, wrote, and starred in her own comedy series, '' Super City'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Industry
The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution, and actors. Though the expense involved in making films almost immediately led film production to concentrate under the auspices of standing production companies, advances in affordable filmmaking equipment, as well as an expansion of opportunities to acquire investment capital from outside the film industry itself, have allowed independent film production to evolve. In 2019, the global box office was worth . When including box office and home entertainment revenue, the global film industry was worth in 2018. Hollywood is the world's oldest national film industry, and largest in terms of box office gross revenue. Indian cinema is the largest national film industry in terms of the number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
