List of New Zealand film makers

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Contents 1 International Directors 2 Domestic Directors 3 Producers 4 Actors 5 Special Effects

[edit] International Directors

Name	Notable Titles	Other
Andrew Adamson	Shrek 1 and 2, The Narnia film series	Academy Award winner
Martin Campbell	Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro, GoldenEye	BAFTA winner
Jane Campion	The Piano, Holy Smoke!	Academy Award winner
Richard Curtis	Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary (writer)	BAFTA winner, Academy Award nominee
Roger Donaldson	Dante's Peak, Cocktail, The Recruit	Golden Palm nominee
Ellory Elkayem	Eight Legged Freaks
Peter Jackson	Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong	3 time Academy Award winner
Larry Parr	Came a Hot Friday, Sleeping Dogs
Geoff Murphy	Under Siege II, Goodbye Pork Pie
Andrew Niccol	Lord of War, Gattaca, The Truman Show (writer)	BAFTA winner, Academy Award nominee
Lee Tamahori	Die Another Day, Along Came a Spider, XXX2
Vincent Ward	Map of the Human Heart, What Dreams May Come	2 time Golden Palm nominee
Niki Caro	Whale Rider, North Country	BAFTA winner

[edit] Domestic Directors

Name	Notable For
Murray Ball	Footrot Flats
Gillian Blue
Jonathan King	Black Sheep
Paul Maunder	Sons for the Return Home
Hamish Rothwell	Stickmen
Robert Sarkies	Out of the Blue, Scarfies
Chris Stapp	Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television

[edit] Producers

• John Barnett
• Fran Walsh
• Matthew Metcalfe

[edit] Actors

• Cliff Curtis
• Melanie Lynskey
• Russell Crowe
• Martin Henderson
• Sam Neill
• Anna Paquin
• Keisha Castle-Hughes
• Craig Parker
• Temuera Morrison
• Karl Urban

[edit] Special Effects

Richard Taylor, who is the head of Weta Workshop, has won a notable number of awards for his work on the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and King Kong. Currently, he holds one of the largest Oscar and Academy Award Collections.