Julia Parnell
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Julia Parnell is a New Zealand
film and television producer.
, before becoming the Head of Production at ButoBase Film & TV Company. She worked at ButoBase for 6 years, producing, directing and providing creative input into more than three hundred television episodes over fourteen series. In 2010, Parnell won the Great Southern Television
Woman to Watch Award., having been a finalist in the same category in 2009.
Parnell left Butobase in early July 2010 to start her own production company Notable Pictures, and is currently developing a documentary, factual and drama slate.
Parnell is currently filming the second series of Bring Your Boots, OZ in collaboration with Maori Television
's Glen Osborne
. It will air later in the year to coincide with the 2011 Rugby World Cup
. She has recently produced a documentary funded by Maori Television
and New Zealand On Air
about Henare O'Keefe, District Councillor for Hastings, New Zealand
and Māori social crusader.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
film and television producer.
Career
Julia Parnell attended Southseas Film and Television School, going on to work at several independent television companies around Auckland, including Eyeworks Touchdown, Screentime and Greenstone Pictures LimitedGreenstone Pictures Limited
Greenstone TV is a television and film production company based in Auckland, New Zealand.Greenstone TV was founded in 1994 by John Harris, a former journalist, producer and director with Communicado and TVNZ....
, before becoming the Head of Production at ButoBase Film & TV Company. She worked at ButoBase for 6 years, producing, directing and providing creative input into more than three hundred television episodes over fourteen series. In 2010, Parnell won the Great Southern Television
Great Southern Television
Great Southern Television is a New Zealand film and television production company with offices in Auckland and Queenstown. The company produces film, drama, factual, comedy, light entertainment, reality and documentary. It was launched on June 1, 2002, and is owned by Philip Smith, Sir David Levene...
Woman to Watch Award., having been a finalist in the same category in 2009.
Parnell left Butobase in early July 2010 to start her own production company Notable Pictures, and is currently developing a documentary, factual and drama slate.
Parnell is currently filming the second series of Bring Your Boots, OZ in collaboration with Maori Television
Maori Television
Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the...
's Glen Osborne
Glen Osborne
Glen Matthew Osborne is a New Zealand rugby union player, playing as a fullback and wing. He was born in Wanganui.Osborne played representative rugby for Wanganui in the National Provincial Championship from 1990–1991, then for North Harbour from 1992...
. It will air later in the year to coincide with the 2011 Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...
. She has recently produced a documentary funded by Maori Television
Maori Television
Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the...
and New Zealand On Air
New Zealand On Air
NZ On Air is an independent New Zealand broadcast funding agency. It is an autonomous crown entity separate from central Government and governed by a Board of six appointed by the Minister of Broadcasting...
about Henare O'Keefe, District Councillor for Hastings, New Zealand
Hastings, New Zealand
The city of Hastings is a major urban settlement in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, and it is the largest settlement by population in Hawke's Bay. Hastings city is the administrative centre of the Hastings District...
and Māori social crusader.
Filmography
| Title | Series | Broadcaster & Date | Series Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Producer | Henare | Maori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2011 |
52 minute documentary on Henare O’Keefe |
| Producer | Bring Your Boots, Oz Series 2 | Maori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2011 |
Thirteen-part factual entertainment series |
| Producer | Bring Your Boots, Oz Series 1 | Maori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2011 |
Thirteen-part factual entertainment series |
| Producer | O Whakaaro | Māori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2010 |
Twenty six-part talk show |
| Producer | Hauora a iwi Whanganui Whanganui Various places in New Zealand are called Whanganui:*Whanganui, a city at the mouth of the Whanganui River, also often spelled "Wanganui", Manawatu-Wanganui Region*Whanganui District, Manawatu-Wanganui Region*Whanganui Island, Waikato Region... |
Māori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2010 |
Thirteen part observational documentary |
| Producer / Director | Minority Voices | TVNZ TV ONE 2009 | Ten-part factual documentary series |
| Producer | Riki Ellison Riki Ellison Riki Morgan Ellison is a former linebacker, who went by Riki Gray while in college at USC as an All Pac 10 player in 1982.-College career:... : The Defender |
Māori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2009 |
60 min documentary |
| Producer / Post Director | Ngāti NRL Series 1 – 10 | Māori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... |
Thirteen-part sports entertainment series 2004-09 |
| Producer | Wayne Anderson Wayne Anderson Wayne Anderson is an American late model race car driver. Anderson was born in Wildwood, Florida, and graduated high school in 1986. He has two championships in the NASCAR Pro-Series, which were in 1999 and 2001. Anderson also participated in the Camping World Truck Series and Sprint Cup Series,... : Singer of Songs, Series 1 & 2 |
TVNZ TV2 & Prime (New Zealand TV channel) 2006 & 2008 | Seven-part comedy series |
| Producer / Post Director | Relocated Mountains | NHK NHK NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.... (Japan), Link TV Link TV Link TV is a non-commercial American satellite television network providing "diverse perspectives on world and national issues." It is carried nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network. Link TV was launched as a daily, 24-hour non-commercial network in 1999... (U.S.), Māori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2008 |
60 min documentary |
| Line Producer | Rockin’ Rowles | TVNZ TV3 2008 | 60 min Inside the life on John Rowles John Rowles John Edward Rowles OBE is a New Zealand singer. He was most popular in the 1970s and early 1980s, and most famous for his song Cheryl Moana Marie, which he had written about his kid sister back home in New Zealand.Rowles is part Māori. His father, Eddie Hohapata Rowles, played for the 1938 Māori... New Zealand documentary |
| Producer / Director | Kaihoe Wāhine | Māori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2008 |
Seven-part documentary series |
| Line Producer | Hauora Ngāti Porou | Māori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2006 & 2007 |
Series 1 & 2 Thirteen-part observational documentary series |
| Producer / Director | Mātātahi | Māori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2007 |
Seven-part youth magazine series |
| Producer / Writer | Hauora Hokianga, Series 1 & 2 | Māori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2004 & 2005 |
Thirteen-part observational documentary |
| Producer / Director | Te Haerenga series 1, 2 & 3 | Māori Television Maori Television Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the... 2004 & 2005 |
Thirteen part youth documentary series |
External links
- IMDB - Relocated Mountains profile
- Maori Television site
- Women in Film & Television New Zealand site
- Interview about Relocated Mountains documentary on Auckland radio station BFM
- Documentary Edge Newsletter - February 2011 includes article about Parnell and the Relocated Mountains documentary