Garth Maxwell (born 1963) is a
New Zealand
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film director
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.
Career
Maxwell began working in commercial film industry on the 1984 feature ''
Other Halves
''Other Halves'' is a 1984 New Zealand film directed by John Laing.
The film is based on a book by Sue McCauley. Synopsis
A relationship develops between a Maori boy in drug rehab and a married Pākehā
Pākehā (or Pakeha; ; ) is a M ...
''. During the 1980s, Maxwell had the opportunity to assist
Peter Wells and
Stewart Main
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in their editing suite.
He had a big interest in film making, especially when he was in university, where he had made
Super 8 films. The third short film he made was called ''Tandem'', a music-heavy short film. It won the
GOFTA award for the best short of 1987. In 1988, with funding from
TVNZ
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, Maxwell directed ''
Beyond Gravity'', a love story between two men, an astronomy-obsessed Kiwi and a part Italian. This was Maxwell's first gay film. Garth and his co-writer Graham Adams won the best screenplay prize at a French film festival that same year, where they won $13,000.
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His first feature film was a drama, '' Jack Be Nimble'', which he made in 1993. The film was about traumatized twins who reunite to find their birth parents after being separated at birth. The film won the award for best screenplay at Portugal’s ]Fantasporto
Fantasporto, also known as Fantas, is an international film festival, annually organized since 1981 in Porto, Portugal. Giving screen space to Fantasy film, fantasy/Science fiction film, science fiction/Horror film, horror-oriented commercial fe ...
film festival.[
Maxwell was one of the directors on the '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' and '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' television series. He became one of the more profound Kiwi directors for these television shows. In 1998, Maxwell directed and co-wrote ''When Love Comes Along''. In 2007 he created the TV series '']Rude Awakenings
''Rude Awakenings'', a New Zealand comedy-drama television series, aired on TV One (New Zealand), TV One on Friday evenings. The first episode aired on 9 February 2007. By March it was averaging almost 320,000 viewers.
It has been confirmed t ...
'', directing many of its episodes.[
]
Filmography
* '' When Love Comes Along'' (1998)
** This film is about figuring life out, whether it is finding the type of person you like or moving home from failing in L.A, love comes along.
* '' Jack Be Nimble'' (1993)
** Two twins are abandoned after birth and come together to find their birth parents
* ''Red Delicious'' (1991)
* ''Beyond Gravity'' (1989)
** love story between two men, an astronomy obsessed Kiwi and a part-Italian
* ''Tandem'' (1986)
Awards
* 1999 Verzaubert Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Germany) - Nominated for Best Film - ''When Love Comes Along''
* 1994 Fantasporto Festival (Portugal) - Best Screenplay and nominated for Best Film - ''Jack Be Nimble''
* 1988 International Festival of Audio-Visual Films (France) - Best Fiction Script (shared with Graham Adams) - ''Beyond Gravity''
* 1987 Gofta Awards - Best Short Film - ''Tandem''
References
External links
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Living people
New Zealand film directors
1963 births