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Women In Film And Television New Zealand Awards
The Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards, also known as the WIFT NZ Awards, are a set of awards that celebrate and encourage the achievements of New Zealand women in film, television and digital media. The awards are administered by Women in Film and Television New Zealand, the national chapter of Women in Film and Television International, and have been awarded since 2004. The awards were initially made in four categories; additional categories have been added and as of 2022 the awards are made in 11 categories. The awards were also initially presented annually and are now presented biennially. No awards were made in 2012. Nominations are invited from the public. A panel selects finalists in each category, who are invited to an awards ceremony in Auckland where the recipients are announced. Award ceremonies and recipients 2022 The awards ceremony was held on 8 July at ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland. One new category was awarded this year: the Tautai Award for M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women In Film And Television International
Women in Film & Television International (WIFTI) is a global network of non-profit membership chapters. Established in 1997, it is dedicated to advancing professional development and achievement for women working in all areas of film, video, and other screen-based media. Aims * Enhance the international visibility of women in the entertainment industry. * Facilitate and encourage communication and cooperation internationally. * Develop bold international projects and initiatives. * Stimulate professional development and global networking opportunities for women. * Promote and support chapter development. * Celebrate the achievements of women in all areas of the industry. * Encourage diverse and positive representation of women in screen-based media worldwide. History Women in Film Los Angeles was founded in 1973 by Tichi Wilkerson Kassel. After several Women in Film organizations were established in a variety of cities around the globe, Women in Film and Television Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Harcourt (cropped)
Dame Miranda Catherine Millais Harcourt (born 1962) is a New Zealand actress and acting coach. Harcourt's acting career began playing boy characters on Radio New Zealand in the early 1970s. She is best known for her role as Gemma in the 1980s TV drama series ''Gloss''. Harcourt spent three years acting on the show, and her character was so despicable that people spat at and insulted Harcourt in public. Harcourt received a nomination in the 1989 Film and TV Awards for best actress for the role. Biography Harcourt graduated from Toi Whakaari, New Zealand Drama School, in 1984. Harcourt was part of a PEP scheme under Darcy Nicholas at the Willis Street Wellington Arts Centre directed by Colin McColl in a play. In 1990, a sponsored year at London's Central School of Speech and Drama led to an exploration of drama therapy in psychiatric institutions, with the deaf, and in prisons – the latter inspiring her collaboration with writer William Brandt for the solo play ''Verbati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philly De Lacey
Philly de Lacey is a New Zealand television producer and media executive. She is chief executive officer of production company Screentime New Zealand. Biography De Lacey was born and raised in Auckland and studied psychology, with a minor in film and television, at the University of Auckland. On graduating, she spent a year at South Seas Film & Television School and then began working in television production. In 2003 she became producer of the reality crime show '' Police Ten-7.'' In 2006, De Lacey was appointed Screentime's managing director and head of production. In 2010, she was appointed executive director of the Screentime Group. Awards and recognition * Images & Sound Award for Success in Television at 2016 Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards The Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards, also known as the WIFT NZ Awards, are a set of awards that celebrate and encourage the achievements of New Zealand women in film, television and digital media. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bettina Hollings
Bettina Hollings is a New Zealand television producer and media executive. Biography Hollings was born and raised in Wellington and moved to Auckland to study advertising and communications at the Auckland Institute of Technology (now AUT). After graduating, she worked as a media planner at the advertising agency Colenso for three years. In 1987, she moved to TV2 as a programmer. She was one of the creators of the long-running and highly successful soap opera ''Shortland Street'' - in 1991 she advocated for a five-day-a-week local soap opera and convinced Ruth Harley at New Zealand on Air to fund it. South Pacific Pictures (owned by TVNZ) won the tender to deliver the show and Hollings suggested it be set in a hospital. Together with producer Caterina De Nave and writer Jason Daniel she created the key characters. In 1995, Hollings moved to TV3 and developed factual reality shows such as ''Police Stop'' and ''Fresh-up in the Deep End.'' In March 1997, Hollings became the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Edge (2018 Film)
''Beyond the Edge'' (russian: За гранью реальности, Za granyu realnosti) is a 2018 Russian science fiction heist film directed by Aleksandr Boguslavskiy and Francesco Cinquemani. Michael, a talented gambler, gathers a team of people with supernatural powers to win big at a casino. But at the game he finds himself up against a much stronger mystical rival and ends up in a deadlock putting in danger himself and his team that he has grown to love. It stars Miloš Biković, Antonio Banderas and Lyubov Aksyonova. The film was released in Russia on March 1, 2018. Plot Michael is a talented gambler who thinks through his every move and counts only on himself. He plans a heist at a luxury European casino. Michael rolls out his scheme brilliantly, until he runs up against a mysterious rival (Alex) at a poker table. During the game Michael's cards mysteriously change in his hands. He loses everything, and his scheme gets blown up. Victor – a cruel and dangerous casino ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leanne Pooley
Leanne Pooley ONZM is a Canadian filmmaker based in Auckland, New Zealand. Pooley was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, she immigrated to New Zealand in the mid-1980s and began working in the New Zealand television and film industry before moving to England where she worked for many of the world's top broadcasters (BBC, Channel 4, PBS, Discovery etc.). She returned to New Zealand in 1997 and started the production company Spacific Films. Her career spans more than 25 years and she has won numerous international awards (including the People's Choice Award for Documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009). Leanne Pooley was made a New Zealand Arts Laureate in 2011 and an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year's Honours List 2017. She is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2022 saw Pooley move from directing to producing with three documentaries released. Feature Film "Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Wrightson
Jane Theresa Wrightson (born 2 January 1958) is New Zealand's Retirement Commissioner. She was previously New Zealand's eighth Chief Censor, and first woman Chief Censor, from 1991 to 1993, when Films, Videos, and Publications Act became law. Early life and family Wrightson was born in Hastings on 2 January 1958, the daughter of Pearl Wrightson (née French) and Trevor Wrightson. She was educated at Hastings Girls' High School from 1971 to 1975, before going on to university. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in English at Victoria University of Wellington in 1979, a Diploma in Business Administration at Massey University in 1985, and a Master of Business Administration with Distinction at Massey in 1994. Career Early career Wrightson worked for a decade for TVNZ, including in the programming department, and was head of commissioned programmes from 1989 to 1991. Chief Censor Between 1991 and 1994, Wrightson served as Chief Film Censor. Wrightson wrote in 1992 that her “str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Madigan
Catherine Madigan is a New Zealand film producer. Biography Madigan's career has included producing commercials, documentaries and films. Her documentaries have included biographies of Georgina Beyer, Helen Clark and Allen Curnow. In 2006 she produced a documentary on post-tsunami Sri Lanka, ''Turning the Tide.'' In 2011 Madigan was appointed to the board of Film New Zealand. Awards and recognition * Great Southern Film & Television Award for Outstanding Contribution to the New Zealand Screen Industry at the 2018 Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards * Best Documentary (shared with Gaylene Preston Dame Gaylene Mary Preston (born 1 June 1947) is a New Zealand filmmaker with a particular interest in documentary films. Early life and family Born in Greymouth on 1 June 1947, Preston was educated at Colenso High School (now William Colenso Co ...) for ''My Year with Helen'' at the 2019 New Zealand Television Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Zilbert
Cathasaigh Ó Fiannachta, also known as Casey Zilbert or Casey Whelan, is a New Zealand screenwriter and film director. Biography Zilbert was born in Wellington and spent her childhood in a variety of locations including Egypt and Nigeria. She attended the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore, completing the International Baccalaureate programme, before returning to New Zealand. She completed a degree in film and English at the University of Auckland, and then worked in the script department of the television soap opera ''Shortland Street'' for three years. She co-wrote the movie '' Born to Dance'' (2015), and wrote and directed the comedy ''Hang Time'' (2019). Awards and recognition * Fulcrum Media Finance Woman to Watch Award at the 2018 Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards The Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards, also known as the WIFT NZ Awards, are a set of awards that celebrate and encourage the achievements of New Zealand women in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortland Street
''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 7,500 episodes and 30 years, and is one of the most watched television programmes in New Zealand. The show was originally screened as five half-hour episodes each week and initially receiving mixed reviews on its premiere. After its launch, it dropped in ratings and would have been cancelled if TVNZ had not ordered a year's worth of episodes in advance. TVNZ renewed the production in early 1993 when the show's rating had picked up, and it now has "long-term public enthusiasm". Today, it is one of New Zealand's highest-rated shows, frequently making AGB Nielsen Media Research's top 5 programmes of the week, achieving an average linear daily reach of 345,000 viewers (in the year up to June 2021) and is TVNZ's "most streamed show". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Fleming
Maxine Fleming is a New Zealand television screenwriter and producer. She was recognised at the Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards in 2018. Biography Fleming grew up in Thames, and studied journalism at Auckland University of Technology. After graduating, she worked in newsrooms in New Zealand and Australia, and worked at news agency Australian Associated Press. She also wrote and performed for theatre groups and eventually stopped working in journalism to work in theatre. In 1992 Fleming got her first scriptwriting position, on the newly launched television soap opera ''Shortland Street''. She has also written for TV series '' Outrageous Fortune'', ''City Life'', ''Mercy Peak'', and ''The Chosen''. She was head writer on the series ''Interrogation.'' In 2000, Fleming and Gavin Strawhan started working together on a teen television series, ''Being Eve''. The show debuted on TV3 in 2001 and won national awards for Best Drama Series, and Best Children's Programme. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maoriland Film Festival
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's Capital of New Zealand, capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
