Carthew Neal is an Academy nominated film, television and interactive producer.
Neal produced
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 t ...
's satire ''
Jojo Rabbit
''Jojo Rabbit'' is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, adapted from Christine Leunens's 2008 book ''Caging Skies''. Roman Griffin Davis portrays the title character, Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, a ten-year-old Hitler You ...
'' for
Fox Searchlight
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, which received six
Academy Award
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nominations, including
Best Picture
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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. He also produced Waititi's adventure comedy film ''
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
''Hunt for the Wilderpeople'' is a 2016 New Zealand adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, whose screenplay was based on the book ''Wild Pork and Watercress'' by Barry Crump. Sam Neill and Julian Dennison play "Uncle" ...
''. It is based on best selling novel ''
Wild Pork & Watercress'' written by
Barry Crump
John Barrie Crump (15 May 1935 – 3 July 1996) was a New Zealand author of semi-autobiographical comic novels based on his image as a rugged outdoors man. Taken together his novels have sold more than a million copies domestically. Crump's 19 ...
. ''Hunt for the Wilderpeople'' premiered at the 2016
Sundance Film Festival
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. It became New Zealand's number #1 at the box office and sold out to all territories worldwide.
He also produced
David Farrier
David Farrier (born 25 December 1982) is a New Zealand journalist and actor. He has worked in news and documentary, including features on New Zealand television and co-directing the internationally distributed documentary film '' Tickled'' (201 ...
and Dylan Reeve's feature documentary ''
Tickled
''Tickled'' is a 2016 New Zealand documentary about "competitive endurance tickling" and videos featuring it, and the practices of those producing the videos, directed by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve. The film explores possible legal and ethica ...
'', which also premiered at the 2016
Sundance Film Festival
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. It was released by Magnolia and
HBO
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in the US and sold by Magnolia worldwide. Neal executive produced Farrier's
Dark Tourist (television series) for
Netflix
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.
He also produced
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 starr ...
and
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 Performi ...
's movie ''The Breaker Upperers'' which premiered at 2018
South by Southwest
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. It is distributed by Piki Films and Madman in New Zealand and Madman in Australia. It will screen on
Netflix
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for the rest of the world in 2019.
He produced
TV3 comedy
''Super City'' starring
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 starr ...
. ''Super City'' had two seasons directed by
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 t ...
and
Oscar Kightley
Oscar Vai To'elau Kightley (born 14 September 1969) is a Samoan-born New Zealand actor, television presenter, writer, journalist, director, and comedian. He acted in and co-wrote the successful 2006 film ''Sione's Wedding''.
Biography
Kightley ...
. It has been piloted in the
United States
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with
American Broadcasting Company
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.
He also produced a cartoon, ''
Aroha Bridge'', written by
Coco Solid.
Carthew was associate producer on
Walt Disney Pictures
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film
''Pete's Dragon'', working under
Barrie M. Osborne.
He produced
Tanu Gago's interactive documentary FAFSWAGvogue.com with RESN.co.nz and
Justin Pemberton
Justin Pemberton is a documentary filmmaker based in New Zealand.
Life and career
Pemberton's adaptation of economist Thomas Piketty’s NY Times bestseller ''Capital in the Twenty-First Century'' premièred at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival and e ...
's interactive documentary ''Ispydoc.com''; a co-production with Canadian digital company
Jam3
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Gene
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. An early pioneer in interactive web storytelling, he produced and directed pick-a-path comedy ''5 Minute Call'' in 2002 and ''London Calling'' in 2003.
Previously he conceived and produced two seasons of TV3's ''
Wa$ted!'' environmental make-over series, which was remade around the world, including
in America.
He was named Independent Producer of the Year in 2016 at the New Zealand SPADA conference. He was also named in
''Variety'''s 2016 Producers to Watch.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
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Living people
New Zealand producers
Year of birth missing (living people)