Biography
Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he is regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. Born in Northern Ireland to an English mother and New Zealand father, Neill moved to Christchurch with his family in 1954. He first achieved recognition with his appearance in the film Sleeping Dogs (1977), which he followed with le...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
Features several new human characters alongside the beloved and iconic Titans Godzilla and Kong as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending th...
But Also John Clarke
2025
as Self
For over 40 years, the iconic John Clarke tickled the funny bones of Australian and New Zealand audiences. Now, in this intimately produced documentar...
T. REX
2024
as Narrator
From the team behind the NSF-supported prehistoric hits Dinosaurs Alive, Titans of the Ice Age, and Dinosaurs of Antarctica comes the planet’s most fa...
Bring Him to Me
2023
as Frank
Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, a getaway driver must battle his conscience and drive an unsuspecting crew member to an ambush execution. The...
Scarygirl
2023
as Dr. Maybee (voice)
As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous ...
The Portable Door
2023
as Dennis Tanner
Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they a...
Assassin Club
2023
as Caldwell
In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers ...
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Actor Odin
After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of ...
Voice Activated
2022
as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
A florist with a stutter is forced to cooperate with a voice activated car on the way to an important delivery.
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
2022
as Self
Join the cast of "Jurassic World Dominion" as they relive their favorite unforgettable, action-packed and epic moments from the "Jurassic World" franc...
Jurassic World Dominion
2022
as Alan Grant
Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the fut...
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021
as Tommy Brock (voice)
Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad light in their book. Soon, he crosses paths with an...
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
2021
as Frankie Scales (voice)
When an unbearably adorable, eternally optimistic Quokka named Daisy wants to achieve the impossible – to win the annual ‘World’s Scariest Animal’ cha...
Rams
2020
as Colin
In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal ill...
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Lindy Chamberlain recounts the panic and the chaos of the night her baby Azaria was taken by a dingo at a campground near Uluru 40 years ago in a new ...
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Between a jagged cliff face and a roaring ocean, lives a colony of Australian Sea Lions. In an environment equally as harsh as it is beautiful, be imm...
The Show Must Go On
2019
as Self
The Show Must Go On is a personal journey behind the scenes that confronts the epidemic of mental health issues in the Australian entertainment indust...
Ride Like a Girl
2019
as Paddy Payne
The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
Blackbird
2019
as Tom
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
Palm Beach
2019
as Leo
A group of lifelong friends reunite to celebrate a special birthday, with Sydney's iconic Palm Beach providing a stunning backdrop for the unfolding d...
Peter Rabbit
2018
as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
Peter Rabbit's feud with Mr. McGregor escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover ...
Sweet Country
2018
as Fred Smith
In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.
The Commuter
2018
as Captain Hawthorne
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those ...
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Actor Odin
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction ...
Tommy's Honour
2017
as Alexander Boothby
In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honor - an intimate, powerfully movi...
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
as Self
A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us from his boyhood c...
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Isolated from the rest of the world since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand’s magnificent wildlife has been left to its own devices for 80 millio...
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016
as Hec
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ens...
The Daughter
2015
as Walter
In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with h...
MindGamers
2015
as Kreutz
A group of young bio-engineers discover they can use quantum physics to transfer motor-skills between human brains. Believing this to be a first step...
Backtrack
2015
as Duncan Stewart
Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients sh...
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
2015
as Self
Sam Neill examines the enduring myths of the Anzac legend, sharing his family's war stories and uncovering forgotten truths that haunt us still today.
United Passions
2014
as Joao Havelange
An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men who created it. Driven by their vision and ...
A Long Way Down
2014
as Chris Crichton
Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a solipsistic muso—decide to end their lives on the same...
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
2013
as Self
James Nesbitt moved to New Zealand in 2011 when he landed the role of Bofur in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, but he says the country remains largely...
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013
as Otto Luger
Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues ...
Escape Plan
2013
as Dr. Kyrie
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival...
The Ordained
2013
as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
About the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated.
The Vow
2012
as Bill Thornton
Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost th...
The Hunter
2011
as Jack Mindy
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
The Dragon Pearl
2011
as Chris Chase
Josh and Ling were expecting a boring vacation visiting each of their parents at an archaeological dig in China. But the new friends soon discover the...
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
as Self
A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the ...
Ice
2011
as Anthony Kavanagh
It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the Greenland Glacie...
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Allomere (voice)
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
The Making of Daybreakers
2010
as Self
Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the 2008 science ficiton/horror film, Daybreakers featuring interviews with members of the cast and cre...
Daybreakers
2010
as Charles Bromley
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots t...
Under the Mountain
2009
as Mr. Jones
Teenage twins battle dark forces hidden beneath Auckland's volcanoes.
Iron Road
2009
as Alfred Nichol
A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in l...
In Her Skin
2009
as Mr. Reid
Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.
The Man in the Hat
2009
as Reader of Correspondence
An affectionate portrait of a very significant human being, art-dealer Peter McLeavey who continues, after 40 years, to run his gallery in the centre ...
Dean Spanley
2008
as Dean Spanley
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or af...
Skin
2008
as Abraham Laing
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
as Narrator
A tribute to Verity Lambert, the BBC's first female producer and one of the country's most influential pioneers of television drama.
The Pixar Story
2007
as Alan Grant (archive footage)
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of it...
Angel
2007
as Théo
Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tast...
Irresistible
2006
as Craig
A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
2006
as Self
The Making of Event Horizon, a five-part documentary: Into the Jaws of Darkness, The Body of the Beast, Liberate Tutume Ex Infernis, The Scale to Hell...
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
as Self
Documentary by Frank H. Woodward.
Voyage of the Nautilus
2006
as Hubert Wilkins
A photographic journey compiled from journals, archival footage and photographs of an Australian military photographer, Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1931 as ...
Yes
2005
as Anthony
She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because...
Little Fish
2005
as The Jockey
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
2005
as Self
Oft-derided across the dutch for its vowel-mangling pronunciation (sex fush'n'chups anyone?) and too fast-paced for tourists and Elton John to underst...
Gallipoli
2005
as Narrator
The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial & devastating, it changed the face of battle forever. Using diaries, letters, photographs a...
Colin McCahon: I Am
2004
as Narrator
This documentary looks at the life and work of New Zealand's most celebrated painter, Colin McCahon. The first excerpt looks at McCahon's beginnings i...
Wimbledon
2004
as Dennis Bradbury
Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, the journeyman veteran h...
The Brush-Off
2004
Producer, Director
The political adviser to Australia's Minister of the Arts investigates the suspicious death of a disgruntled artist.
Jessica
2004
as Richard Runche
The Bergman sisters could not be more different. Jessica is a feisty tomboy who loves to help her father work their farmland. Her beautiful sister Meg...
Stiff
2004
as Lionel Merricks
An amusing and entertaining film, "Stiff" showcases David Wenham as Murray Whelan, political fixer and amateur investigator. An adaption of a Shane Mo...
Stiff
2004
Producer
An amusing and entertaining film, "Stiff" showcases David Wenham as Murray Whelan, political fixer and amateur investigator. An adaption of a Shane Mo...
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
2004
as Self
Director Roger Donaldson's 1977 movie of CK Stead novel Smith's Dream helped spark a new wave of Kiwi cinema. Getting there was a cash-strapped, bare-...
Perfect Strangers
2003
as Man
When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his ‘castle’- a ru...
Dirty Deeds
2002
as Ray
Set in 1960s Sydney, this is the story of an Australian gangster whose booming business, buoyed by the influx of U.S. soldiers in town for R&R during ...
Framed
2002
as Eddie Meyers
New York detective Mike Santini is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers a fugitive from justice who might be the key witness ...
The Making Of Jurassic Park III
2001
as Self
A very in depth look at the making of the movie, a look at the special effects and animatronics made for the motion picture, Jurassic Park III (2001)....
The Zookeeper
2001
as Ludovic
Jonah Ludovic is a custodian at a small municipal zoo. After a night of heavy shelling Ludovic arrives at his job to find the staff abandoning the zo...
SuperCroc
2001
as narrator
Paleontologist Paul Sereno and reptile expert Brady Barr are doing a research on "Sarcosuchus Imperator", a 40 feet long prehistoric relative of croco...
Jurassic Park III
2001
as Dr. Alan Grant
In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla S...
Submerged
2001
as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
A moment by moment account of the sinking and rescue of the crew of the submarine USS Squalus which was the first rescue of living crew on a submarine...
The Magic Pudding
2000
as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight of...
The Dish
2000
as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic images of man's first steps on the m...
Inside The Living Daylights
2000
as Self (archival footage)
The making of the film that introduced Timothy Dalton as James Bond, who gave Bond a darker edge for a new generation.
My Mother Frank
2000
as Professor Mortlock
When a meddlesome mother enrolls in university with her son, old and new worlds collide with awesome consequences.
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Jefferson
Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38 year love affair, sp...
Numero Bruno
2000
as Self
Numero Bruno is a warts and all biography of widely popular actor, musician and counter-cultural hero Bruno Lawrence. Lawrence's intense, charismatic ...
Bicentennial Man
1999
as Sir
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the ...
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Prime Minister Gibson
The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.
The Revengers' Comedies
1998
as Henry Bell
After saving each other from jumping off a bridge, Henry Bell and Karen Knightly plot to avenge the people who drove them to suicide. Henry will ruin ...
The Horse Whisperer
1998
as Robert MacLean
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.
Forgotten Silver
1997
as Self
The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
Event Horizon
1997
as Weir
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its...
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
1997
as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of al...
The Rainbow Warrior
1997
as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
Peter Wilcox, as skipper of the 'Rainbow Warrior', a Greenpeace ship, docks in Auckland, July 1985, preparing for a protest against French nuclear t...
Children of the Revolution
1996
as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.
Victory
1996
as Mr. Jones
Axel Heyst is an American recluse with a dubious past living in the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya circa 1913. Staying in a German hotel there, He...
Restoration
1995
as King Charles II
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel j...
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
1995
as Narrator / Host
Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
1995
Director, Writer
Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Self / Alan Grant
This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Jurassic Park," one of the 90's biggest hits and a milestone in specia...
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
as John Trent
An insurance investigator begins discovering the impact a horror writer's books has on his fans is more than inspirational.
The Jungle Book
1994
as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boo...
Country Life
1994
as Dr. Max Askey
Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-...
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self
Documentary focused on the creation of movie and television special effects, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis, featuring behind the scenes ...
Sirens
1994
as Norman Lindsay
In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned cont...
Split Enz: Spellbound
1993
as Narrator
Sam Neill narrates this documentary plotting the career of one of Aotearoa's most successful bands: from formation by Mike Chunn, Phil Judd and Tim Fi...
Jurassic Park
1993
as Grant
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of e...
The Piano
1993
as Alisdair Stewart
When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a batt...
Family Pictures
1993
as David Eberlin
Nina Eberlin comes home to visit her now-divorced parents and while looking through a collection of pictures taken by her father and herself, she refl...
Inside 'The Piano'
1993
as Self
This 1993 program about the making of 'The Piano' features interviews with director Jane Campion; actors Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, and Sam Neill; a...
Hostage
1992
as John Rennie
A weary British spy retreats to a Buenos Aires hotel and recalls his last dirty job, complete with lover.
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as David Jenkins
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
One Against the Wind
1991
as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the u...
Until the End of the World
1991
as Eugene Fitzpatrick
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Pa...
Fever
1991
as Elliot
Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do ...
Death in Brunswick
1991
as Carl
A reserved man in need of a job, Carl Fitzgerald finds employment at a Greek restaurant. Upon meeting waitress Sophie, Carl begins dating the attracti...
Shadow of China
1990
as TV Reporter
A Chinese immigrant tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism.
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The Ameri...
Cowboys of Culture
1990
as Self
Director Geoff Steven's personal perspective on the Kiwi cinema renaissance of the 1970s. It traces the development of the local film industry from th...
The French Revolution
1989
as Marquis de Lafayette
A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt p...
Dead Calm
1989
as John Ingram
An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking s...
Evil Angels
1988
as Michael Chamberlain
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take ...
Question of Faith
1988
as Oscar Ogg
A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insistence and turns to alternative treatment to combat ...
The Good Wife
1987
as Neville Gifford
In pre-WWII Australia, a love triangle develops between a man, his wife and the man's brother.
For Love Alone
1986
as James Quick
Teresa is a spirited young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of 1930s society, and her father in particular. She fancies her poverty-stricke...
Strong Medicine
1986
as Vince Lord
TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious ...
Plenty
1985
as Lazar
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.
Robbery Under Arms
1985
as Capt. Starlight
Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South ...
The Blood of Others
1984
as Bergman
In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann...
The Country Girls
1984
as Mr. Gentleman
The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mi...
Enigma
1982
as Dimitri Vasilikov
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent ...
Attack Force Z
1982
as Sergeant Costello
Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos mu...
Ivanhoe
1982
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John a...
From a Far Country
1981
as Marian
This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy,...
Possession
1981
as Mark
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he susp...
The Final Conflict
1981
as Damien Thorn
Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the ...
The Journalist
1979
as Rex
Comedy about a womanizing journalist on a Sydney newspaper who confronts job problems and impotence in the context of Australian media and politics of...
Just Out Of Reach
1979
as Mike
This short feature film begins with a suicide attempt by Cathy, and then follows by telling her story in flashbacks. Cathy is a neurotic young woman w...
My Brilliant Career
1979
as Harry Beecham
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married...
On the Road with Red Mole
1979
Director, Writer
A documentary about the New Zealand theatre troupe "Red Mole".
Surf Sail
1978
as Narrator (voice)
A documentary following the attempt by three young people to be the first windsurfers to cross Cook Strait.
Surf Sail
1978
Director
A documentary following the attempt by three young people to be the first windsurfers to cross Cook Strait.
New Country - New People
1978
Director
A documentary about the history of settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe.
Flare - A Ski Trip
1977
Director
A short documentary about freestyle skiing made for the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department.
Sleeping Dogs
1977
as Smith
Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revol...
Architect Athfield
1977
as Narrator
Examines the practical philosophy, the achievements and frustrations of one of New Zealand's most lively and innovative architects, Ian Athfield. The ...
Architect Athfield
1977
Director
Examines the practical philosophy, the achievements and frustrations of one of New Zealand's most lively and innovative architects, Ian Athfield. The ...
Four Shorts on Architecture
1975
as Narrator (voice)
A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.
Four Shorts on Architecture
1975
Editor, Writer, Director
A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.
Ashes
1975
as Priest
Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring their inner wo...
Landfall
1975
as Eric
Discovered to be using illegal drugs by a local policeman, the members of the commune kill him and bury him in their garden. After this pivotal event,...
Phone
1974
Editor, Director, Writer
A primer on proper phone manners produced for the New Zealand Post Office.
The Sealhunters
1973
Editor
Three young people set off on a road trip from Wellington to find a seal colony.
Hunt's Duffer
1973
as Bradley
After prospector Albert Hunt (Ron Burt) registers a gold claim near Ōkārito, he finds himself accompanied by hundreds of fellow miners — who refuse to...
The Water Cycle
1972
An award-winning short exploring man-made impacts on New Zealand’s water cycle.
The City of No
1971
Two men's friendship has been weakened by their contrasting approaches to life. Bob (Jeremy Stephens) has left his wife to paint pictures of a lover (...
Mystery Ride
N/A
as Duncan Connelly
A woman unravels a small town conspiracy of silence surrounding the murder of a hitchhiker and falls in love with a handsome, brooding Maori guy, she ...
The Guinea Pig Club
N/A
as Charles Overton
Surgeon Archie McIndoe risks his life and career to save injured British pilots during World War II.
The Last Resort
N/A
as Gerard
A hotel executive is sent to scout a new location in the Philippines. Once there, she becomes captivated by the breathtaking scenery and the warmth of...