Jonathan King (born 1967) is a New Zealand film director. He is the son of historian Michael King and brother of author Rachael King.

Biography

King began his screening career as writer and director of the New Zealand

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movie '' Black Sheep'' and was in 2007 co-writer of the screenplay for ''

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''. His most recent project is a feature-length remake of the New Zealand television series '' Under the Mountain'', as writer (adapting from the original book by Maurice Gee), director and producer. He has also written and illustrated a graphic novel, ''Inkberg Enigma'', which was published in 2020 by

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. It was shortlisted for the 2021 Junior Fiction and the Best First Book awards at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. He is married to writer Rebecca Priestley.

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Filmography

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