Directors of New Zealand feature films
DIRECTORS
This is only a "directors of New Zealand feature films" cross-reference list, with links to their films.
Neither their non-NZ feature films, nor their short films nor their documentaries are listed.
This is not a listing of New Zealand born directors, but of all directors of
feature films that are considered to be a New Zealand product. Some of
these directors are resident in other countries. Click on the director's name for bio details or the film title for film details.
ADAMSON, ANDREW
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Mr. Pip - 2013
ALBISTON, MARK
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Shopping - 2013
ALEXANDER, VENESSA
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Magik & Rose - 1999
ANDERSON, JOHN
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Mark II - 1986
ANDERSON, MICHAEL
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Second Time Lucky - 1984
ANNAKIN, KEN
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Seekers
aka: Land of Fury - 1954
ARAHANGA, BECS
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Vai - 2019
ASHCROFT, JAMES
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Coming Home in the Dark - 2021
ASHURST, GILLIAN
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Snakeskin - 2001
ATKINS, KIRBY
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Mosley - 2019
AUMUA, AMBERLEY JO
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Vai - 2019
BALL, MURRAY
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Footrot Flats - 1990
BALLANTYNE, ARMAGAN
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Nude Tuesday - PAL DVD/Streaming - 2020
Strength of Water, The - 2009
BANKS, CHRISTOPHER
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Quiet Night In - 2006
BARCLAY, BARRY
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Ngati - 1987
Te Rua - 1991
BECKER, JOSH
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Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur - 1996
BEESLEY, MARK
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Savage Honeymoon - 2000
BELL, MICHAEL
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Men Shouldn't Sing - 2007
BENNETT, HAMISH
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Bellbird - 2019
Uproar - 2023
BENNETT, MICHAEL
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Matariki - 2010
BENNETT, SIMON
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Sione's 2: Unfinished Business - 2012
BLACK, MICHAEL
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Pictures - 1981
BLOMKAMP, NEILL
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District 9 - 2009
BLYTH, DAVID
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Angel
Mine - 1978
Death Warmed Up - 1984
Exposure -2000
Ghost Bride - 2013
Grampire - aka: Moonrise
- aka: My Grandpa Is A Vampire - 1991
Wound - 2010
BORGMAN, DANIEL
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Weight of Elephants, The - 2013
BOSSHARD, ANDREA
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Great Maiden's Blush - 2016
Hook, Line & Sinker - 2011
Taking the Waewae Express - 2008
BOSWELL, SCOTT
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Fall Guys, The
- 2012
Tyrannical Love
- 2005
BOTES, COSTA
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Forgotten Silver - 1995
Saving Grace - 1997
BRADLEY, DALE G.
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Chunuk Bair - 1991
Cupid's Prey - 2002
Kids World - 2001
Lost Valley - 1998
Terror Peak - 2003
Wild Blue - 1999
BRITTENDEN, TONY
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Lincoln County Incident - 1980
BRODIE, HAROLD
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Map Reader, The - 2008
Orphans and Angels - 2003
BURGER, PETER
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Tattooist, The - 2007
BUTLER, LYNTON
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Pallet On The Floor - 1986
CAMPION, ANNA
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Loaded - 1995
CAMPION, JANE
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An Angel At My Table - 1990
Power of the Dog, The - 2021
Piano, The - 1993
CAMPION, PAUL
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Devil's Rock, The - 2011
CARO, NIKI
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Memory & Desire - 1997
Vintner's Luck, The - 2009
Whale Rider - 2000
CHRISTOPHER, ELIOT
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Vector File, The - 2002
CLEMENT, JEMAINE
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What we do in the Shadows - 2014
CLAYTON, ALAN
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Old Scores - 1991
COHEN, CHELSEA
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Waru - 2017
CONLAN, ANDY
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Last Magic Show, The - 2007
COKELISS, HARLEY
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Battletruck - aka: Warlords of the 21st Century - 1982
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom - 1994
CRONIN, LEE
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Evil Dead Rise - 2023
CULLINANE, JONOTHAN
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We're Here To Help - 2007
CURRIE, MAX
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Rurangi - 2020
DAVIS, TAMMY
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Born to Dance - 2015
DAVISON, BRAD
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Down By The Riverside - 2007
DAY, JOHN
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Returning, The - 1990
DONALDSON, ROGER
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Nutcase - 1980
Sleeping Dogs - 1977
Smash
Palace - 1981
World's Fastest Indian, The - 2005
DONOVAN, BRENDAN
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Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell, The - 2010
DUNCAN, ALYX
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Red House, The - 2012
ENGLERT, ALICE
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Bad Behaviour - 2023
FAIRFAX, FERDINAND
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Savage Islands aka: Nate and Hayes - 1983
FENELEY, DUSTIN
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Stray - 2018
FEPULEA'I, DAMON
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Red, White & Brass - 2023
FIRTH, MICHAEL
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Heart of the Stag - 1984
Leading Edge, The - 1987
Off The
Edge - 1977
Sylvia - 1985
FRASER, TOA
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6 Days - 2017
Dead Lands, The - 2014
Dean Spanley - 2008
No. 2 - 2006
FRESHWATER, MATASILA
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Vai - 2019
FUEMANA, DIANA
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Vai - 2019
GALVIN, ALEX
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Eternity - 2013
When Night Falls - 2008
GARDINER, AINSLEY
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Cousins - 2021
Waru - 2017
GEORGE, MIRIA
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Vai - 2019
GILLIES, PATRICK
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Holy Roller, The - 2011
Offensive Behaviour - 2006
GIRAUD, DANE
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Luella Miller - 2005
GORDON, MARK J.
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Her Majesty - 2004
GORMAN, NIC.
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Human Traces - 2017
GOTTLIEB, MICHAEL
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Shrimp on the Barbie - 1990
GOULD, DAVID
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The Cure - 2014
GOULET, DANIS
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Night Raiders - 2021
GRACE, HIMIONA
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The Pa Boys - 2014
GRACE-SMITH, BRIAR
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Waru - 2017
GRAHAM, CHRIS
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The Ferryman - 2007
Sione's Wedding - 2006
GRIFFITHS, RESTON
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Hugh and Heke - 2011
GUTTENBEIL-LIKILIKI, OFA KI-LEVUKA
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Vai - 2019
HABICHT, FLORIAN
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Woodenhead - 2003
HAEDRICH, ROLF
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Among The Cinders - 1987
HARCOURT, MIRANDA
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Changeover, The - 2017
HARRIS, STEFEN aka: Stefen Lewis
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Blue Moon - 2018
No Petrol, No Diesel - 2009
Waimate Conspiracy, The - 2006
HAYWARD, RUDALL C.
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Rewi's Last Stand aka: The Last Stand - 1940
HEMMINGS, DAVID
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Race for the Yankee Zephyr aka:
Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr - 1981
HERENIKO, VILSANI
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Land Has Eyes, The - 2004
HEWISON, DEAN
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How To Meet Girls From A Distance - 2012
HICKEY, STEPHEN
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Hopeless - 2000
HIGGINSON, SARAH A.
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Men Shouldn't Sing - 2007
HILES, TONY
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Jack
Brown, Genius - 1995
HILL, KEITH
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This Is Not A Love Story - 2003
HOLT, JARROD
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Gary of the Pacific - 2017
HORROCKS, SIMONE
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After The Waterfall - 2010
HOUSE, RACHEL
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Mountain, The - 2024
HOWDEN, JASON LEI
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Deathgasm - 2015
Guns Akimbo - 2019
HUTCHINGS, RYAN
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Gary of the Pacific - 2017
HURST, MICHAEL
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Jubilee - 2000
Treasure Island Kids - The Monster of Treasure Island - 2004
Treasure Island Kids - The Mystery of Treasure Island - 2004
INGS, WELBY
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Punch - 2022
ISAAC, TONY
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Iris - aka: Out Of Time - 1984
JACKSON, PETER
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Bad
Taste - 1987
Braindead - aka: Dead Alive - 1992
Forgotten Silver - 1995
Frighteners - 1996
Heavenly Creatures - 1994
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - 2012
Hobbit, The: The Battle of the Five Armies - 2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - 2013
King Kong - 2005
Lord Of
The Rings - Fellowship Of The Ring - 2001
Lord Of
The Rings - Return of the King - 2003
Lord Of
The Rings - The Two Towers - 2002
The Lovely Bones - 2009
Meet
the Feebles - 1990
JEFFS, CHRISTINE
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Rain - 2001
JOHNSTONE, GERARD
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Housebound - 2014
JONES, PAULA
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Waru - 2017
Whina -- 2022
JOBLIN, BEATRICE
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Births, Deaths & Marriages - 2019
KAA, CASEY
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Waru - 2017
KAHI, TEAREPA
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Mt. Zion - 2013
Muru - 2022
Poi E - 2016
KANG, STEPHEN
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Desert - 2010
KAY, STEPHEN
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Boogeyman - 2005
KELLY, SAM
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Savage - 2019
KILLEN, MARAMA
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Down By The Riverside - 2007
KING, GREGORY
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Christmas - 2003
Song of Good, A - 2008
KING, JONATHAN
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Black Sheep - 2007
Under the Mountain - 2009
LAHOOD, GRANT
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Chicken - 1996
Kombi Nation - 2001
LAING, JOHN
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Absent Without Leave - 1993
Beyond Reasonable Doubt - 1980
Dangerous Orphans - 1986
Lost Tribe - 1985
No One Can Hear You - 2001
Other
Halves - 1984
LAUGHLIN, MICHAEL
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Dead
Kids - aka: Strange Behavior - 1983
Mesmerized aka: Shocked - 1984
LEE, SNGMOO
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Warrior's Way, The - 2010
LEFLER, DOUG
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Hercules and the Circle of Fire - 1996
LEWIS, STEFEN aka: Stefen Harris
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No Petrol, No Diesel - 2009
Waimate Conspiracy, The - 2006
LEWISTON, DENNIS
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Restless
aka: Hot Target - 1985
LLOYD, MICHELLE JOY
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Sunday - 2014
LOADER, SHANE
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Great Maiden's Blush - 2016
Hook, Line & Sinker - 2011
Taking the Waewae Express - 2008
LIANG, ROSEANNE
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My Wedding and Other Secrets - 2011
Shadow in the Cloud - 2020
LOBOS, CRISTOBAL ARAUS
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Curry Munchers - 2011
Netherwood - 2011
Waiting Place, The - 2001
MACKAY, YVONNE
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Silent One, The - 1984
Undercover - 1991
MACLEAN, ALISON
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Crush - 1992
Rehearsal, The - 2016
MACLEAN, JOHN
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Slow West - 2015
MAHAFFY, JAKE
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Reunion - 2020
MAIHI, RENAE
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Waru - 2017
MAIN, STEWART
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50 Ways of Saying Fabulous - 2005
Desperate Remedies - 1993
MARCON, KIRSTIN
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Most Fun You Can Have Dying, The - 2012
MARK-BROWN, SIMON
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Catch, The - 2016
MAUNDER, PAUL
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Sons For The Return Home - 1979
MAXWELL, GARTH
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Jack
Be Nimble - 1993
When Love Comes Along - 1998
MCCARTEN, ANTHONY
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Show of Hands - 2008
Via Satellite - 1998
McCARTNEY, MARINA ALOGAGIA
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Vai - 2019
MCCULLOCH, NIGEL
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Gary of the Pacific - 2017
MCGANN, BRAD
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In My Father's Den - 2004
MCKENZIE, STUART
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Changeover, The - 2017
For Good - 2003
MCLACHLAN, TIM
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Hidden - 2005
MCLEAN, GRAHAME
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Should I Be Good - 1985
MCNAUGHTON, KIEL
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Legend of Baron To'a, The - 2020
MEYER, WERNER
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Flight of the Albatross - 1996
MIDDLEDITCH, PAUL
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Separation City - 2009
Uproar - 2023
MITA, MERATA
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Mauri - 1988
MORRISON, BRUCE
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Constance - 1984
Queen City Rocker aka: Tearaway - 1986
Shaker
Run - 1985
MORTLOCK, TARRY
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Broken - 2018
MORTON, DEREK
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Wild
Horses - 1984
MULHERON, DANNY
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Fresh Meat - 2012
MUNE, IAN
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Bridge to Nowhere - 1986
Came A Hot Friday - 1984
End Of The Golden Weather - 1991
Grasscutter - 1988
What Becomes of the Broken
Hearted - 1999
Whole of the Moon - 1996
MURPHY, GEOFF
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Goodbye Pork Pie - 1980
Never
Say Die - 1988
Quiet
Earth - 1985
Spooked - 2004
Utu - 1983
MURPHY, MATT
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Pork Pie - 2017
MURPHY, PAUL
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Love Birds - 2011
Lowdown Dirty Criminals - 2020
Second-Hand Wedding - 2008
NALIN, PAN
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Beyond the Known World - 2017
NARBEY, LEON
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Footstep Man, The - 1992
Illustrious Energy - 1988
NEILL, SAM
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Cinema of Unease - 1995
NEWLAND, CRAIG
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3 Mile Limit - 2014
NEWELL, MIKE
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Bad
Blood - 1982
NICCOL, LINDA
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Poppy - 2021
NICHOLAS, GREGOR
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Broken English - 1996
User Friendly - 1990
NICOLSON, CHRISTIAN
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This Giant Paper Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy - 2016
NORTON, BILL L.
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Hercules and the Amazon Women - 1996
Hercules in the Underworld - 1996
OSHIMA, NAGISA
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Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - 1984
OREMLAND, PAUL
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Mysterious Ways - 2023
PAGE, GREG
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Locals, The - 2003
PAL, JITENDRA
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Gupta vs Gordon - 2003
PARKER, CHRISTINE
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Channelling Baby - 1999
PARR, LARRY
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Fracture - 2004
A Soldier's Tale - 1991
PATTINSON, MICHAEL
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Secrets
aka: One Crazy Night - 1993
PATTISON, SIMON
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Rest for the Wicked - 2011
PEARSON, DEREK
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Event 16 - 2006
PIANO, REX
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Cave In - 2003
PIGDEN, GUY
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I Survived a Zombie Holocaust - 2014
Older - 2020
PILLSBURY, SAM
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Crooked Earth - 2001
Scarecrow - 1982
Starlight Hotel - 1987
POOLEY, LEANNE
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25 April - 2015
Beyond The Edge - 2013
PREBBLE, MARK
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Futile Attraction - 2005
PRESTON, GAYLENE
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Bread and Roses - 1993
Home By Christmas - 2010
Mr Wrong
aka: Dark of the Night - 1985
Perfect Strangers - 2003
Ruby and Rata - 1990
RAO, BERNIE
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Killer Sofa - 2019
READ, MELANIE
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Send A Gorilla - 1988
Trial Run - 1984
REID, JOHN
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Carry
Me Back - 1982
Last
Tattoo, The - 1994
Leave All Fair - 1985
Middle Age Spread - 1979
REYNOLDS, SCOTT
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Heaven - 1998
Ugly, The - 1997
When Strangers Appear - 2001
RIDDELL, ALASTAIR
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Broken Hallelujah - 2014
West of Eden - 2017
RIDDELL, MICHAEL
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Portrait of a Knight - 2018
RIDDELL, ROSEMARY
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Insatiable Moon, The - 2010
RIDDELL, STEPHEN
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Portrait of a Knight -2018
RIDDIFORD, RICHARD
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Arriving Tuesday - 1986
Zilch - 1989
RIVERS, CHRISTIAN
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Mortal Engines - 2018
ROBERTSON, JAMES NAPIER
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Dark Horse, The - 2014
I'm Not Harry Jenson - 2009
Joika - 2023
Whina -- 2022
ROTBERG, DANA
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White Lies - 2013
ROTHWELL, HAMISH
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Stickmen - 2001
ROTONDO, PAOLO
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Orphans & Kingdoms - 2014
RYMER, JUDY
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Cinema of Unease - 1995
SAINSBURY, THOMAS
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Loop Track - 2023
SAMI, MADELEINE
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Breaker Upperers, The - 2018
SANDERSON, MARTYN
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Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree - 1990
SARKIES, ROBERT
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Out of the Blue - 2006
Scarfies aka: Crime 101 - 1999
Two Little Boys - 2012
SAVILL, MICHELLE
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Millie Lies Low - 2021
SAVILLE, MATTHEW J.
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Juniper - 2021
SCHEFFMANN, DORTHE
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Vermilion - 2018
SCOTT, GAVIN
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Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island - 2004
SHARP, IAN
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Tracker - 2010
SHARP, PETER
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Trespasses - 1983
SIMARD, FRANCOIS
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Turbo Kid - 2015
SIMICH-PENE, AWANUI
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Waru - 2017
SIMPSON, MEGAN
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Alex - 1992
SIMPSON, TONY
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Kiwi Christmas - 2017
Kiwi Flyer - 2012
SINCLAIR, HARRY
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Price of Milk - 2000
Topless Women Talk About
Their Lives - 1997
Toy Love - 2002
SINCLAIR, STEPHEN
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Russian Snark - 2010
SMITH, BRIAR GRACE
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Cousins - 2021
STANDRING, GLENN
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Irrefutable Truth About Demons - aka: Truth About Demons - 2000
Perfect Creature - 2006
STANTON, DAVID L.
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Chill
Factor aka: Lost Samurai - 1988
STAPP, CHRIS
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Devil Dared Me To, The - 2007
STERLING, SHAE
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Alien Addiction - 2018
STEVEN, GEOFF
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Skin Deep - 1978
Strata - 1983
STUBBS, DAVID
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Daffodils - 2019
STUTTER, JASON
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Dead Room, The - 2015
Diagnosis Death - 2009
Edwin: My Life as a Koont - 2013
Predicament - 2010
Tongan Ninja - 2002
SUTHERLAND, LOUIS
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Shopping - 2013
TAMAHORI, LEE
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Convert, The - 2023
Mahana aka: The Patriarch - 2016
Once Were Warriors - 1994
TAMASESE, TUSI
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One Thousand Ropes - 2017
Orator, The - 2011
TANNEN, BILL
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Ozzie - 2001
THAVAT,GAYSORN
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Justice of Bunny King, The - 2021
THORP, MICHAEL
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Lunatics' Ball, The - 1999
TIMPSON, ANT
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Come to Daddy - 2019
TOURELL, WAYNE
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Bonjour Timothy - 1995
TRIPURANENI, AMIT
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Five - 2007
Memories of Tomorrow - 2005
TSOULIS, ATHINA
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I'll Make You Happy - 1998
Jinx Sister - 2008
TUCHNER, MICHAEL
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Rainbow Warrior - 1993
URALE, SIMA
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Apron Strings - 2008
VAIAOGA-IOASA, STALLONE
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Hibiscus & Ruthless - 2018
Take Home Pay - 2019
Three Wise Cousins - 2016
VAN BEEK, JACKIE
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Breaker Upperers, The - 2018
VAN DAMMEN, TIM
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Mega Time Squad - 2018
Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song - 2013
VAN GAALEN, FLORIS
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Darkest Light - 2023
VOWELL, CURTIS
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Baby Done - 2020
Fantail - 2013
WAITITI, TAIKA
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Boy - 2010
Eagle vs Shark - 2007
Hunt for the Wilderpeople - 2016
Jojo Rabbit - 2019
What we do in the Shadows - 2014
WALKER, MIKE
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Kingpin - 1985
WALKER, SCOTT
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Tank, The - 2023
WALLIS, MIKE
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Good For Nothing - 2011
WARD, VINCENT
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Navigator, The - 1988
Rain of the Children - 2008
River Queen - 2005
Vigil - 1984
WARN, JESSE
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Nemesis Game - 2003
WEAL, HAYDEN J.
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Chronesthesia - 2016
Dead - 2020
WELLS, PETER
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Desperate Remedies - 1993
WHIPPY, NICOLE
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Vai - 2019
WHISSELL, ANOUK
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Turbo Kid - 2015
WHISSELL, YOANN-KARL
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Turbo Kid - 2015
WHITE, DAVID
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This Town - 2020
WILLIAMS, TONY
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Solo - 1977
WOLFE, KATIE
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Waru - 2017
ZILBERT, CASEY
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Hang Time - 2019
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