Julia Parnell

Julia Parnell
Julia Parnell
Born1979
Nairobi, Kenya
Occupation(s)Director, producer, writer
Years active1999–present
Websitenotablepictures.com

Julia Parnell (born 1979) is a New Zealand film and television producer and documentary director. For the last eleven years she has led the production company Notable Pictures. Her career started in 1999 and she has produced and directed hundreds of hours of documentary content including two feature films, thirty series, eleven one off docs and a documentary podcast.[1]

Career

In 2010, Parnell won the Great Southern Television Woman to Watch Award.[2]

Parnell left Butobase in early July 2010 to start her own production company, Notable Pictures.[citation needed]

Since the opening of Notable Pictures, Parnell has produced projects including two series of Bring Your Boots, OZ in collaboration with Māori Television's Glen Osborne, a documentary funded by Māori 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.[3][4][5][6] 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 one-hour documentary on Māori restorative justice.[7]

Parnell expanded into producing drama with two short films Hitch Hike and Friday Tigers, and a third film, Dive (2014, written and directed by Matthew J. Saville[8]), all three funded by the New Zealand Film Commission.[9][10][11]

Friday Tigers, written and directed by Aidee Walker, won the New Zealand International Film Festival's Best New Zealand Short Film for 2013.[12]

Parnell produced and directed a documentary funded by Māori Television and New Zealand On Air, Rethinking Rehab, which aimed to provide an insight into the New Zealand Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court.[13] She also worked on Loading Docs, a 2013 initiative in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air. The project provides a launchpad for New Zealand documentary shorts, starting with ten three-minute films in 2014 based on the theme of home.[14][15][16]

Filmography

Title Series Funder/Broadcaster & Date Series Description
Producer Rising Dust New Zealand Film Commission 2013 Short Film
Producer/Director Rethinking Rehab Māori 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 Māori 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 Māori Television 2011 52-minute documentary on Henare O'Keefe
Producer Bring Your Boots, Oz Series 2 Māori Television 2011 Thirteen-part factual entertainment series
Producer Bring Your Boots, Oz Series 1 Māori Television 2011 Thirteen-part factual entertainment series
Producer O Whakaaro Māori Television 2010 Twenty six-part talk show
Producer Hauora an 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

References

  1. ^ [1] Retrieved April 2022
  2. ^ "New Zealand Women in Film & Television Awards". Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. ^ Miss Indian NZ Retrieved 8 September 2010 [dead link‍]
  4. ^ NZ on Air Press Release 2011.10.13 Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 2012
  5. ^ NZ on Air Press Release 2012.05.10 Archived 8 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 2012
  6. ^ HRC Newsletter 2012.06 Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 2012
  7. ^ "Tell me what happened to the Exponents". nzherald.co. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Matthew J Saville". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  9. ^ Tauihu Media Projects Archived 5 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 2012
  10. ^ WIFT NZ – Six New Shorts Green Lit for Funding Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 2012
  11. ^ NZ Film Short Film Financing Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 2012
  12. ^ "Friday Tigers Wins New Zealand's Best 2013". Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  13. ^ "A note from our CEO - July 2013". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  14. ^ "A note from our CEO - July 2013". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  15. ^ "Announcing LoadingDocs".
  16. ^ Yates, Siena (4 August 2016). "Loading Docs provides 'small stories which pack big punch'". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  • 2. Relocated Mountains. A New Wave, Documentary Magazine, 2007, p. 23,24.
  • 3. Relocated Mountains. MTS Kurds doco to screen internationally, ONFILM production magazine, 2007, p. 9, 28