The following is a list of New Zealand film makers.
| Name | Notable titles | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Award nominee | |||
| BAFTA winner | |||
| Academy Award winner | |||
| Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary (writer) | BAFTA winner, Academy Award nominee | ||
| Winston Cowie | Zayed's Antarctic Lights, Our Sea. Our Heritage, | New York Festivals TV and Film Awards | |
| Golden Palm nominee | |||
| 9 time Academy Award nominee, three of which he won. | |||
| M3GAN, Housebound (2014 film) | |||
| Lord of War, Gattaca, The Truman Show (writer) | BAFTA winner, Academy Award nominee | ||
| David Sims | The Truth About Tangiwai, Painting in an Empty Land, Mystery at Midge Bay | Gold Houston International Film Festival | |
| Once We're Warriors, Die Another Day, Along Came a Spider,, The Devil's Double | |||
| 2 time Golden Palm nominee | |||
| BAFTA winner | |||
| Boy, Two cars, one night, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Jojo Rabbit, | Academy Award winner, BAFTA winner |
New Zealand film makers have won a total of sixteen Oscars at the US Film Academy Awards from 41 nominations. Eleven wins were for work on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The first New Zealand nomination was in 1958 for Snows of Aorangi with New Zealand's first wins coming in 1994 for The Piano.1994
| Year | Category | Film | Result | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Best Short Subject (Live Action) | – | |||
| 1964 | Best Documentary (Short) | – | |||
| 1980 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Jonathan Hardy | |||
| 1987 | Best Short Film (Animated) | Bob Stenhouse, Hugh MacDonald & Martin Townsend | |||
| 1994 | Best Director | ||||
| 1994 | Best Supporting Actress | The Piano | Anna Paquin | ||
| 1994 | Best Original Screenplay | The Piano | Jane Campion | ||
| 1995 | Best Original Screenplay | Richard Curtis | |||
| 1995 | Best Original Screenplay | Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh | |||
| 1999 | Best Original Screenplay | Andrew Niccol | |||
| 1999 | Best Actor | Russell Crowe | |||
| 2001 | Best Actor | Russell Crowe | |||
| 2002 | Best Makeup | Richard Taylor | |||
| 2002 | Best Visual Effects | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Richard Taylor | ||
| 2002 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyens | ||
| 2002 | Best Art Direction/Set Direction | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Dan Hennah & Grant Major | ||
| 2002 | Best Costume Design | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Richard Taylor & Ngila Dickson | ||
| 2002 | Best Director | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | ||
| 2002 | Best Editing | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | John Gilbert | ||
| 2002 | Best Picture | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh | ||
| 2002 | Best Sound | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Hammond Peek | ||
| 2002 | Best Actor | Russell Crowe | |||
| 2003 | Best Art Direction/Set Decoration | Dan Hennah & Grant Major | |||
| 2003 | Best Editing | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Michael Horton | ||
| 2003 | Best Picture | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh | ||
| 2004 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boynes | ||
| 2004 | Best Art Direction | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Dan Hennah and Grant Major | ||
| 2004 | Best Costume Design | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor | ||
| 2004 | Best Director | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | ||
| 2004 | Best Editing | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Jamie Selkirk | ||
| 2004 | Best Original Song | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Fran Walsh | ||
| 2004 | Best Makeup | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Richard Taylor | ||
| 2004 | Best Picture | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh | ||
| 2004 | Best Sound Mixing | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek | ||
| 2004 | Best Actress | Keisha Castle-Hughes | |||
| 2004 | Best Costume Design | Ngila Dickson | |||
| 2005 | Best Animated Feature Film | Andrew Adamson | |||
| 2005 | Best Short Film | Taika Cohen and Ainsley Gardener | |||
| 2006 | Best Visual Effects | Richard Taylor and Christian Rivers | |||
| 2006 | Best Sound Mixing | King Kong | Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek | ||
| 2006 | Best Sound Editing | King Kong | Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn | ||
| 2006 | Best Art Direction | King Kong | Dan Hennah, Grant Major and Simon Bright | ||
| 2006 | Best Sound Mixing | Tony Johnson | |||
| 2008 | Best Picture | Tim Bevan | |||
| 2010 | Best Art Direction | Kim Sinclair | |||
| 2010 | Best Picture | Peter Jackson | |||
| 2012 | Best Original Song | ||||
| 2013 | Best Art Direction | Dan Hennah, Grant Major and Simon Bright | |||
| 2013 | Best Picture | Tim Bevan | |||
| 2014 | Best Sound Mixing | Michael Hedges | |||
| 2015 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Anthony McCarten | |||
| 2023 | Best Sound Mixing | Michael Hedges |
Richard Taylor, who is the head of Weta Workshop, has won a notable number of awards for his work on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and King Kong. Currently, he holds one of the largest Academy Award Collections.