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Quick Facts
Biography
Julia Parnell (born 1979) is a New Zealand film and television producer
Career
Julia Parnell attended South Seas Film & Television School, going on to work at several independent television companies around Auckland, including Eyeworks Touchdown, Screentime and Greenstone Pictures Limited, 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.
Since the opening of Notable Pictures Parnell has produced a diverse range of projects including two series of Bring Your Boots, OZ in collaboration with Maori Television's Glen Osborne, a documentary funded by Maori Television and New Zealand On Air about Henare O'Keefe, Māori social crusader and District Councilor for Hastings, New Zealand, Both Worlds a New Zealand On Air funded documentary series for broadcast on TV3,in which ten second generation New Zealanders share their experiences of either living a cultural clash or enjoying the best of both worlds, and a probing one-hour documentary on Māori restorative justice. Restoring Hope a probing one-hour documentary on Māori restorative justice and The Exponents, a Prime Rocks Documentary for Prime Television funded by New Zealand On Air that celebrates 30 years of The Exponents, a band whose sound defines what it means to be a Kiwi.
Parnell has recently expanded into producing drama with two short films Hitch Hike and Friday Tigers, and a third film, Dive, in pre-production, all three funded by the New Zealand Film Commission.
Friday Tigers, written and directed by Aidee Walker, won the New Zealand International Film Festival’s Best New Zealand Short Film for 2013. Hitch Hike has been in competition at major international film festivals such as Tampere Film Festival (2012),Melbourne International (2012), Bristol Encounters (2012), Hawaii International (2013), Durban International (2013) and Heart of Gold International, Australia (2013).
Parnell is currently producing and directing a documentary funded by Māori Television and New Zealand On Air, Rethinking Rehab, which aims to provide an insight into a bold new court in the New Zealand judicial system the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court.
Also currently underway is Loading Docs, a new initiative in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air. The project will provide a launchpad for New Zealand documentary shorts starting with ten 3-minute films in 2014 based on the theme of home.
Filmography
Title | Series | Funder/Broadcaster & Date | Series Description |
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Producer | Rising Dust | New Zealand Film Commission 2013 | Short Film |
Producer/Director | Rethinking Rehab | Maori Television 2013-14 | Documentary |
Executive Producer | Loading Docs | New Zealand On Air 2013-14 | Documentary |
Producer/Director | Both Worlds Series 2 | TV3 (New Zealand) 2013 | Ten-part documentary series |
Producer | Dive | New Zealand Film Commission 2012 | Short Film |
Producer | Friday Tigers | New Zealand Film Commission 2012 | Short Film |
Producer | Restoring Hope | Maori Television 2012 | 52 minute documentary |
Producer | Both Worlds | TV3 2012 | Ten-part documentary series |
Producer | Hitch Hike | New Zealand Film Commission 2011 | Short Film |
Producer | Henare O’Keefe | Maori Television 2011 | 52 minute documentary on Henare O’Keefe |
Producer | Bring Your Boots, Oz Series 2 | Maori Television 2011 | Thirteen-part factual entertainment series |
Producer | Bring Your Boots, Oz Series 1 | Maori Television 2011 | Thirteen-part factual entertainment series |
Producer | O Whakaaro | Māori Television 2010 | Twenty six-part talk show |
Producer | Hauora a iwi Whanganui | Māori Television 2010 | Thirteen part observational documentary |
Producer / Director | Minority Voices | TVNZ TV ONE 2009 | Ten-part factual documentary series |
Producer | Riki Ellison: The Defender | Māori Television 2009 | 60 min documentary |
Producer / Post Director | Ngāti NRL Series 1 – 10 | Māori Television | Thirteen-part sports entertainment series 2004-09 |
Producer | Wayne Anderson: 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 (Japan), Link TV (U.S.), Māori Television 2008 | 60 min documentary |
Line Producer | Rockin’ Rowles | TVNZ TV3 2008 | 60 min Inside the life on John Rowles New Zealand documentary |
Producer / Director | Kaihoe Wāhine | Māori Television 2008 | Seven-part documentary series |
Line Producer | Hauora Ngāti Porou | Māori Television 2006 & 2007 | Series 1 & 2 Thirteen-part observational documentary series |
Producer / Director | Mātātahi | Māori Television 2007 | Seven-part youth magazine series |
Producer / Writer | Hauora Hokianga, Series 1 & 2 | Māori Television 2004 & 2005 | Thirteen-part observational documentary |
Producer / Director | Te Haerenga series 1, 2 & 3 | Māori Television 2004 & 2005 | Thirteen part youth documentary series |