The following is a list of New Zealand film makers.
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 nomineeWinston CowieZayed's Antarctic Lights, Our Sea. Our Heritage, Wild Abu Dhabi: The Turtles of Al DhafraNew York Festivals TV and Film Awards Roger Donaldson Species, Worlds Fastest Indian Dante's Peak, Cocktail, The Recruit Golden Palm nominee Ellory Elkayem Eight Legged Freaks Peter Jackson Bad Taste, The Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, King Kong, the Hobbit trilogy 9 time Academy Award nominee, three of which he won. Gerard Johnstone M3GAN, Housebound (2014 film) Geoff Murphy Utu, Under Siege II, Goodbye Pork Pie Andrew Niccol Lord of War, Gattaca, The Truman Show (writer) BAFTA winner, Academy Award nomineeDavid SimsThe Truth About Tangiwai, Painting in an Empty Land, Mystery at Midge BayGold Houston International Film Festival Lee Tamahori Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day, Along Came a Spider, xXx: State of the Union, The Devil's Double Vincent Ward River Queen, Map of the Human Heart, What Dreams May Come 2 time Golden Palm nominee Niki Caro Whale Rider, North Country BAFTA winner Taika Waititi Boy, Two cars, one night, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok Academy Award winner, BAFTA winner
Domestic directors
Name Notable For Murray Ball Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale Barry Barclay Ngati Michael Bennett Matariki Paul Campion The Devil's Rock Ben Hawker Blackspot Jonathan King Black Sheep Paul Maunder Sons for the Return Home Brad McGann In My Father's Den James Napier Robertson The Dark Horse Robert Sarkies Out of the Blue, Scarfies Glenn Standring Perfect Creature, The Irrefutable Truth about Demons Mika X GURL
Producers Barbara Sumner Burstyn Philippa Campbell Winston Cowie Ainsley Gardiner Libby Hakaraia Charles Knight Larry Parr Fran Walsh
Actors
New 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 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 – 1964 Best Documentary (Short) 140 Days Under the World – 1980 Best Adapted Screenplay Breaker Morant Jonathan Hardy 1987 Best Short Film (Animated) The Frog, the Dog and the Devil Bob Stenhouse, Hugh Macdonald & Martin Townsend 1994 Best Director The Piano Jane Campion 1994 Best Supporting Actress The Piano Anna Paquin 1994 Best Original Screenplay The Piano Jane Campion 1995 Best Original Screenplay Four Weddings and a Funeral Richard Curtis 1995 Best Original Screenplay Heavenly Creatures Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh 1999 Best Original Screenplay The Truman Show Andrew Niccol 1999 Best Actor The Insider Russell Crowe 2001 Best Actor Gladiator Russell Crowe 2002 Best Makeup The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 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 A Beautiful Mind Russell Crowe 2003 Best Art Direction/Set Decoration The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 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 Whale Rider Keisha Castle-Hughes 2004 Best Costume Design The Last Samurai Ngila Dickson 2005 Best Animated Feature Film Shrek 2 Andrew Adamson 2005 Best Short Film Two Cars, One Night Taika Cohen and Ainsley Gardener 2006 Best Visual Effects King Kong 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 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Tony Johnson 2008 Best Picture Atonement Tim Bevan 2010 Best Art Direction Avatar Kim Sinclair 2010 Best Picture District 9 Peter Jackson 2012 Best Original Song The Muppets Bret McKenzie 2013 Best Art Direction The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Dan Hennah, Grant Major and Simon Bright 2013 Best Picture Les Misérables Tim Bevan 2014 Best Sound Mixing The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Michael Hedges 2015 Best Adapted Screenplay The Theory of Everything Anthony McCarten 2023 Best Sound Mixing Avatar: The Way of Water Michael Hedges
Special effects 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.