List of New Zealand film directors explained

The following is a list of New Zealand film directors and producers.

• Andrew Adamson
• Gillian Ashurst
• Barry Barclay – produced the first feature made by an indigenous person anywhere in the world.
• Pietra Brettkelly – award-winning documentary filmmaker, part of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and was recently named an Arts Laureate of New Zealand
  • • Martin Campbell Jane Campion Winston Cowie
• Niki Caro
• Max Currie
• Roger Donaldson (born in Australia)
• Cameron Duncan
• Toa Fraser
• Alex Galvin
• Ainsley Gardiner
• Briar Grace-Smith
• Ben Hawker
• Jason Lei Howden
• Rudall Hayward – pioneer filmmaker
  • Sir Peter Jackson Christine Jeffs
• Rupert Julian aka Percival Hayes – New Zealand's first Hollywood actor, director during the Silent Era
• Paul Maunder
• Brad McGann
• Danny Mulheron
  • Geoff Murphy Andrew Niccol – film director, screenwriter
• John O'Shea
• April Phillips
• Gaylene Preston
• Christian Rivers
• James Napier Robertson
• Robert Sarkies
• David Sims^[1]
• Jason Stutter
  • Lee Tamahori Taika Waititi (Taika Cohen)
  • Vincent Ward Peter Wells – author and film director
• Mika X

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Sims. NZ On Screen.