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.

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

TitleSeriesFunder/Broadcaster & DateSeries Description
ProducerRising DustNew Zealand Film Commission 2013Short Film
Producer/DirectorRethinking RehabMāori Television 2013–14Documentary
Executive ProducerLoading DocsNew Zealand On Air 2013–14Documentary
Producer/DirectorBoth Worlds Series 2TV3 (New Zealand) 2013Ten-part documentary series
ProducerDiveNew Zealand Film Commission 2012Short Film
ProducerFriday TigersNew Zealand Film Commission 2012Short Film
ProducerRestoring HopeMāori Television 201252-minute documentary
ProducerBoth WorldsTV3 2012Ten-part documentary series
ProducerHitch HikeNew Zealand Film Commission 2011Short Film
ProducerHenare O’KeefeMāori Television 201152-minute documentary on Henare O'Keefe
ProducerBring Your Boots, Oz Series 2Māori Television 2011Thirteen-part factual entertainment series
ProducerBring Your Boots, Oz Series 1Māori Television 2011Thirteen-part factual entertainment series
ProducerO WhakaaroMāori Television 2010Twenty six-part talk show
ProducerHauora an iwi WhanganuiMāori Television 2010Thirteen part observational documentary
Producer / DirectorMinority VoicesTVNZ TV ONE 2009Ten-part factual documentary series
ProducerRiki Ellison: The DefenderMāori Television 200960 min documentary
Producer / Post DirectorNgāti NRL Series 1 – 10Māori TelevisionThirteen-part sports entertainment series 2004–09
ProducerWayne Anderson: Singer of Songs, Series 1 & 2TVNZ TV2 & Prime (New Zealand TV channel) 2006 & 2008Seven-part comedy series
Producer / Post DirectorRelocated MountainsNHK (Japan), Link TV (U.S.), Māori Television 200860 min documentary
Line ProducerRockin' RowlesTVNZ TV3 200860 min Inside the life on John Rowles New Zealand documentary
Producer / DirectorKaihoe WāhineMāori Television 2008Seven-part documentary series
Line ProducerHauora Ngāti PorouMāori Television 2006 & 2007Series 1 & 2 Thirteen-part observational documentary series
Producer / DirectorMātātahiMāori Television 2007Seven-part youth magazine series
Producer / WriterHauora Hokianga, Series 1 & 2Māori Television 2004 & 2005Thirteen-part observational documentary
Producer / DirectorTe Haerenga series 1, 2 & 3Māori Television 2004 & 2005Thirteen part youth documentary series

References

  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
  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

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