Thomas Hern (born 10 December 1984) is a New Zealand

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and independent

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. He is known for producing NZ feature films ''The Dark Horse'', '' Everything We Loved'', and ''Pork Pie'' (a reboot of Kiwi classic ''

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''). Hern also produced the action-comedy

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, starring

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and

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and TIFF Midnight Madness award-winner ''

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''. As an actor Hern has played

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, the young paraplegic, polygamist villain in cult sci-fi series The Tribe and the comic-relief character Devin Del Valle in the 2004 television show ''

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''. Between 2006 and 2007, Hern also appeared in

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-produced New Zealand television series

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as Baxter Cormack. Hern also appeared in Revelations, Interrogation,

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, as well as in many supporting and presenting roles. His filmography includes various TV and radio commercials and voiceovers. Thomas Hern was born in

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, New Zealand and has two older brothers and an older sister. He is also known by the nickname Herndog. Hern continues to work on musical side-projects, Theodore High, with

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(who starred alongside Hern in ''

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'' as Anton Mercer/Mesogog) and rock band The Drop D's.

Recent work

Hern is a co-founder and managing director o
Four Knights Film Ltd
along with James Napier. As lead Producer of The Dark Horse, Hern won the Moa-award for "Best Film" at the 2014

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(the film which won over 30 awards at Film Festivals around the world; including Audience Awards at the

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, the

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and the

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). In 2015, Hern was recognised as a Future Leader of the industry by

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(in their "Cannes Edition") and sat on the International Jury for the Berlin Film Festival (Generation Section). In 2016, Hern won the pitching prize at the MIFF 37 Degrees South market in Melbourne. Hern produced

, alongside

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and

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. The film had its World Premiere at the

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2019. Hern produced the short film, ''Lambs''. ''Lambs'' premiered at the

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and screened in competition at the Clermont Ferrand, Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand International film festivals (the film also won both major awards at the 2012 New Zealand International Film Festival - The People's Choice Award and The Grand Jury Prize for short films). Hern and Four Knights' released 2 feature films in 2014; ''The Dark Horse'', starring

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and

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and directed by James Napier Robertson, and '' Everything We Loved'', an arthouse drama by Max Currie (which had its World Premiere at the

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in January 2014). In 2008/09, Hern produced (and co-starred in) his debut feature film, ''

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'', with longtime friend James Napier who also starred in '' The Tribe'' and ''

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''. The film was released throughout New Zealand in 2010, by Rialto Entertainment, to strong reviews and was represented for international sales by Media Luna New Films in Germany ''

'' also played at the

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. Hern produced

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; a feature film starring

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, and directed by fellow New Zealander,

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and is co-writing and producing a drama series about the

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won the Midnight Madness Audience Award at the

in 2020.

Filmography

As actor

As producer

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hern, Tom 1984 births Living people New Zealand male television actors People from Christchurch New Zealand film producers New Zealand male soap opera actors 20th-century New Zealand male actors 21st-century New Zealand male actors