Rachel Gardner – Great Southern Woman

Screen Talker — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:35:25 +0000

Rachel Gardner has worked in the media since 1991, and at the forefront of NZ television production for the past decade.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Gardner reveals:

An hilarious story about a disastrous academic interview
How she started out in the film and television industry
What it was like working on international success story Lion Man
How she juggled family, a new baby and a grueling work schedule to produce The Pretender
Her experiences producing successful short films Truant and Fog
Why feature film Apron Strings worked so well for her
Behind-the-scenes dramas on TV series The Cult
How Million Dollar Catch came about

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence

Interview with Sima Urale

Screen Talker — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:48:08 +0000

Director Sima Urale discusses being a South Pacific filmmaker with NZ On Screen’s Clare O’Leary: from the immigrant experience in Aotearoa (O Tamaiti, Apron Strings) to dusky maidens in velvet paintings (Velvet Dreams). Samoan-born, New Zealand-raised Urale is Samoa’s first female feature filmmaker.

Find out more about Sima Urale.

This interview is available on YouTube to distribute and share: Part One and Part Two.

Credits: Direction and Interview – Clare O’Leary, Camera and Editing – Leo Guerchmann

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Rachel Gardner – Great Southern Woman

Interview with Sima Urale