South Seas Film & Television School is a higher education institution centered on the visual arts based in

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. They offer courses for full-time diplomas in Film & TV, Photography and On Screen Acting. They also offer introductory courses for Introduction to Film & TV Production, Introduction to Photography and Introduction to On Screen Acting. In May 2019, South Seas Film and Television School was rebranded under the new name “Yoobee Colleges - South Seas Film School Campus”.

Notable alumni

* Alex Gilbert - adoption advocate *

Oriini Kaipara Oriini Kaipara (born 1983) is a New Zealand Māori broadcaster, journalist and translator and interpreter of te reo Māori and English. Kaipara has worked for Mai FM, TVNZ 1, Māori Television, and Three. She currently co-hosts Three's weekly p ...

- Broadcaster, journalist and Māori translator *

Jabez Olssen Jabez Olssen (born 5 August 1975) is a New Zealand film and television editor who has worked extensively with director Peter Jackson. Starting in 1998, Olssen worked in the editorial department of two television programs in New Zealand. He was ...

- Editor * Julia Parnell - Producer *

Gwendoline Taylor Gwendoline Taylor (born 2 November 1987) is a New Zealand actress. She first appeared on screen in 2007 in ''Show of Hands (film), Show of Hands'', which was filmed in her hometown of New Plymouth. In 2008, Gwendoline moved to Auckland to stud ...

- Actress *

David Schurmann David Schurmann is a film director, producer, screenwriter, explorer, author, speaker, CEO and public figure. Career Schurmann, best known for ''Little Secret'' Brazil's official 2017 Oscar entry, first showed his passion for filmmaking at age 1 ...

- filmmaker *

Jazz Thornton Jazz Thornton is a New Zealand mental health activist, author, speaker, TikToker and filmmaker. Thornton co-founded suicide prevention organisation, Voices of Hope, with eating disorder activist Genevieve Mora. Thornton has written three books ...

- mental health activist, author, filmmaker *

Pere Wihongi Pere Te Ruru o te Ramana Wihongi (born ), sometimes known mononymously as PERE, is a New Zealand musician, voice actor, choreographer, and kapa haka performer. She is part of the award-winning music groups Maimoa and Te Kākano. Early life Wihongi ...

- musician, choreographer, voice actor

References

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