- List of New Zealand film makers
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International Directors
Name Notable Titles Other Andrew Adamson Shrek 1 and 2, The Narnia film series Academy Award nominee 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 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, xXx: State of the Union Vincent Ward Map of the Human Heart, What Dreams May Come 2 time Golden Palm nominee Niki Caro Whale Rider, North Country BAFTA winner Domestic Directors
Name Notable For Melanie Read Trial Run, Send a Gorilla Murray Ball Footrot Flats Jonathan King Black Sheep Paul Maunder Sons for the Return Home Hamish Rothwell Stickmen Robert Sarkies Out of the Blue, Scarfies Glenn Standring Perfect Creature, Irrefutable Truth About Demons Michael Bennett Matariki Taika Waititi Eagle vs Shark, Boy Producers
- John Barnett
- Fran Walsh
- Matthew Metcalfe
- Fiona Copland
- Chloe Smith
- Charles Knight
- Larry Parr
- Lisa Chatfield
- Christopher Hampson
Actors
Further information: List of New Zealand actorsNew Zealand at the Academy Awards
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 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
Winners and Nominees
Year Category Film Result Recipient 1958 Best Short Subject (Live Action) Snows of Aorangi Nomination – 1964 Best Documentary (Short) 140 Days Under the World Nomination – 1987 Best Short Film (Animated) The Frog, the Dog and the Devil Nomination Bob Stenhouse, Hugh MacDonald & Martin Townsend 1994 Best Director The Piano Nomination Jane Campion 1994 Best Supporting Actress The Piano Win Anna Paquin 1994 Best Original Screenplay The Piano Win Jane Campion 1995 Best Original Screenplay Four Weddings and a Funeral Nomination Richard Curtis 1995 Best Original Screenplay Heavenly Creatures Nomination Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh 1999 Best Original Screenplay The Truman Show Nomination Andrew Niccol 1999 Best Actor The Insider Nomination Russell Crowe 2001 Best Actor Gladiator Win Russell Crowe 2002 Best Makeup The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Win Richard Taylor 2002 Best Visual Effects The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Win Richard Taylor 2002 Best Adapted Screenplay The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nomination Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boynes 2002 Best Art Direction/Set Direction The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nomination Dan Hennah & Grant Major 2002 Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nomination Richard Taylor & Ngila Dickson 2002 Best Director The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nomination Peter Jackson 2002 Best Editing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nomination John Gilbert 2002 Best Picture The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nomination Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh 2002 Best Sound The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nomination Hammond Peek 2002 Best Actor A Beautiful Mind Nomination Russell Crowe 2003 Best Art Direction/Set Decoration The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Nomination Dan Hennah & Grant Major 2003 Best Editing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Nomination Michael Horton 2003 Best Picture The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Nomination Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh 2004 Best Adapted Screenplay The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Win Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boynes 2004 Best Art Direction The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Win Dan Hennah and Grant Major 2004 Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Win Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor 2004 Best Director The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Win Peter Jackson 2004 Best Editing The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Win Jamie Selkirk 2004 Best Original Song The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Win Fran Walsh 2004 Best Makeup The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Win Richard Taylor 2004 Best Picture The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Win Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh 2004 Best Sound Mixing The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Win Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek 2004 Best Actress Whale Rider Nomination Keisha Castle-Hughes 2004 Best Costume Design The Last Samurai Nomination Nigela Dickson 2005 Best Animated Feature Film Shrek 2 Nomination Andrew Adamson 2005 Best Short Film Two Cars, One Night Nomination Taika Cohen and Ainsley Gardener 2006 Best Visual Effects King Kong Win Richard Taylor and Christian Rivers 2006 Best Sound Mixing King Kong Win Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek 2006 Best Sound Editing King Kong Win Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn 2006 Best Art Direction King Kong Nomination Dan Hennah, Grant Major and Simon Bright 2006 Best Sound Mixing The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Nomination Tony Johnson 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 Academy Award Collections.
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