Dave Gibson (producer) explained

Dave Gibson
Birth Name:David Timothy Gibson
Birth Date:1950s
Birth Place:Pahiatua, New Zealand
Occupation:producer, director

David Timothy Gibson (born 1950s) is the founder of New Zealand film production company The Gibson Group. After its sale in 2013 to his business partners, he was appointed CEO of the New Zealand Film Commission.[1]

Early life

Gibson was born in Pahiatua to Christabel Gibson, a schoolteacher and later lecturer, and David Maurice Gibson, a farmer. He studied at St Patrick's College, Silverstream, a boys’ boarding college in Upper Hutt. He began a teaching degree at Wellington College of Education in Karori, but left after six weeks for a degree at Victoria University of Wellington in education and English. During this time, Gibson started experimenting with film. He purchased a Super 8 film camera and began filming his friends at concerts and producing short pieces for the University's Drama Society.[2]

Career

While still enrolled at Victoria University, Gibson began part-time work for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. This mainly involved labour, moving sets from Avalon Studios in Lower Hutt to the corporation's Waring Taylor Street locations. In 1977, Gibson left his degree unfinished and established Gibson Films, in a rented office on Courtenay Place in Wellington. He began mining the genre of educational films, which he would then sell to schools and educational film distributors. One early piece about two children living on a high country sheep station sold to Encyclopædia Britannica.[3] [4] In the 1980s Gibson Films rebranded to The Gibson Group, and their genre offering widened. Early productions included The Silent One, an adaptation of the Joy Cowley novel of the same name, filmed entirely on the small island of Aitutaki in the Pacific. It was also the first New Zealand feature film directed solely by a woman. During this period, sketch comedy also became one of the mediums Gibson Group became known for. Satirical puppet show Public Eye, inspired by the UK show Spitting Image, proved popular despite having to be toned down for New Zealand audiences. Other genres included magazine-style shows The Edge (1993–94), Sunday (1995–97), B@ckchat (1998–2000) and Frontseat (2004–2007). Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, The Gibson Group broadened their mediums to work with interactive museum exhibitions both in New Zealand and overseas, including Our Space at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The popular children's shows The Simon Eliot Show and MyStory used cellphones and technology to let the audience interact with the host. MyStory was New Zealand's first show screened in a 'mobisode' format.[3] Gibson's other notable productions include two natural disaster dramas for television. Aftershock (2008), an earthquake drama accompanied by a documentary and website about earthquake safety. This was followed by Eruption (2010), set in Auckland's volcanic landscape.

In the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, Gibson was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the film and television industry.[5] In 2013, Gibson was appointed CEO of the New Zealand Film Commission. During his tenure the commission granted funding for successful New Zealand films such as Tickled, Poi E: The Story of Our Song, Mahana, and Pork Pie.[1]

Gibson is currently a board member of the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency. In June 2017, Gibson announced that he would be stepping down from the role of CEO. In a statement, Gibson said "I've thoroughly enjoyed the last few years but have always believed CEO's shouldn't stay too long in organisations like the NZFC. I'm not sure what I'll do next."[6]

Filmography

TitleYearCredited asNotes
Producer
scope=rowThe Old Man's Story1979Short film
scope=rowBlackhearted Barney Blackfoot1980Short film
scope=rowThe Silent One1985
scope=rowThe Irrefutable Truth about Demons2000
scope=rowCowboys & Communists2007Documentary film
scope=rowWe Do Things Differently Here2011Short film
scope=rowFresh Meat2012
scope=rowThe Last Ocean2012Documentary film
Executive producer

Television

The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

TitleYearCredited asNetworkNotes
DirectorProducer
scope=rowHunchin' Down the Track1980Documentary film
scope=rowThe Monster's Christmas1981Television OneTelevision film
scope=rowNearly No Christmas1983Television film
First assistant director
scope=rowCuckoo Land1986Television 2Assistant director
scope=rowThe Haunting of Barney Palmer1987PBSTelevision film
scope=rowPublic Eye1988–89 (6)Television One
scope=rowJean: The Ballet of Jean Batten1990Television OneTelevision film
scope=rowAway Laughing1992TV3
scope=rowUndercover1991Channel 2Television film
scope=rowBungay on Crime1992TV One
scope=rowSkitz1993–97TV3
scope=rowTyphon's People1993Television film
scope=rowBitter Calm1994Television film
scope=rowRugged Gold1994The Family ChannelTelevision film
scope=rowMirror, Mirror1995–98 TV One
Network Ten
scope=rowTelly Laughs1996–98TV3
scope=rowDuggan1997TV One
scope=rowOne Man's Poison1998TV2Television film
scope=rowNewsflash1998–2000TV2
scope=rowTiger Country1998TV3Television film
scope=rowThe Semisis1998TV3
scope=rowClare2001TV OneTelevision film
Also writer
scope=rowThe Strip2002–03TV3
scope=rowThe Insiders Guide to Happiness2004TV2
scope=rowHelping Hands2005Documentary film
scope=rowHolly's Heroes2005TV2
scope=rowThe Insider's Guide to Love2005TV2
scope=rowThe Hothouse2007TV One
scope=rowTime Trackers2008Seven Network
TV2
scope=rowAftershock2008TV3Television film
scope=rowParadise Café2009–11CBBC
TV2
scope=rowBen & Jeremy's Big Road Trip2010TV3Television film
Executive producer
scope=rowEruption2010TV3Television film
scope=rowPanic at Rock Island2011TV2Television film

Executive producer-only

TitleYearNetworkNotes
scope=rowThe Enduring Land1990Docuseries
scope=rowShark in the Park1990–91Television OneSeries 2–3
scope=rowThe Edge1993–94TV3
scope=rowCover Story1994–96TV3
scope=rowSunday1995–97
scope=rowBackch@t1998–2000TV One
scope=rowDating Violence1999TV2Documentary film
scope=rowBookenz1999–2000TV One
scope=rowNo. 8 Wired2000–04TV3
scope=rowOp' Stars2000TV OneDocumentary film
scope=rowA Tale of Three Chimps2001TV3Documentary film
scope=rowTo Age or Not to Age2001TV One Documentary film
scope=rowTutus & Town Halls2001TV OneDocumentary film
scope=rowWho Ate All the Pies?2002TV OneDocumentary film
scope=rowIn Search of the Moa2003TV2Documentary film
scope=row50 Years on Their Toes2003TV OneDocumentary film
scope=rowCartoonists Inc2003TV OneDocumentary film
scope=rowLong Lost Sons2004TV OneDocumentary film
scope=rowFrontseat2004–07TV One
scope=rowFacelift2004–07TV One
scope=rowDare to Be Free2004TV OneDocumentary film
scope=rowTough Act2006TV2Docuseries
scope=rowHere to Stay2007–08TV OneDocuseries
scope=rowThe Simon Eliot Show2007TV3
scope=rowWelcome to Paradise2007Prime
scope=rowAftershock – Would You Survive?2008TV3Documentary film
scope=rowHow to Spot a Cult2009TV3Documentary film
scope=rowPoking the Borax2011TV3
scope=rowOperation Hero2011–13TV2Series 1–3
scope=rowStreet Hospital2013TV2Docuseries
Series 1
scope=rowSurvive Aotearoa2013Māori TelevisionDocuseries
scope=rowPrison Families2013TV3Docuseries
scope=rowDragons in a Distant Land2013Docuseries
scope=rowWar News2014Prime

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NZFC appoints Dave Gibson as new Chief Executive – New Zealand Film Commission. www.nzfilm.co.nz. 27 June 2017.
  2. Web site: Man in the frame. Nikki. Macdonald. 30 August 2014. 27 June 2017. Stuff.co.nz.
  3. Web site: Dave Gibson – NZ On Screen. www.nzonscreen.com. 27 June 2017.
  4. Web site: Home » Gibson Group NZ. gibson.co.nz. 27 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee honours list 2012 . 4 June 2012 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 25 August 2019.
  6. News: New Zealand Film Commission boss Dave Gibson resigns. Stuff. 27 June 2017.

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