Nominations for President, Treasurer and other National Executive Members on the Directors & Editors Guild of NZ Board for the 2018/2019 year are now open.
Current sitting members are all eligible for re-election.
All nominations shall be signed by the proposer, seconder and nominee, all being financial members.
All nominations for the board must provide credentials and a personal statement on the objectives of the nominee for the Board.
The closing date for nomination forms to be received at the DEGNZ office is 5PM Friday 14 September 2018.
Please note that only full DEGNZ members are eligible to vote for and take up a position on the Board.
There’s nothing worse than wasting time on your accounts.
So don’t.
Natalie Doherty, production accountant on projects including Slow West, Jean and The Shannara Chronicles, will share with you contractor hacks to take the headache out of your administrative paperwork.
In this two-hour workshop Natalie will give you time-saving tips and advice on:
dealing with your expenses
keeping good records
income tax, withholding tax and GST
sole Trader vs Company — the pros and cons
and more
Learn how to spend more time doing what you want to do and less time doing what you have to in this business-minded Young Creators workshop.
Brought to you by DEGNZ and Women In Film and Television
Young Creators: It’s Business Time
Wed 3 October // 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Horse & Trap 3 Enfield Street, Mt Eden, Auckland
About Natalie Doherty
Natalie has worked in the Film and TV industry as both an accountant and in the sound department worldwide for over 16 years. She is an Associate Chartered Accountant who completed her mentored training at BDO Chartered Accountants and the NZ Film Commission. Natalie also supplies short to medium term furnished accommodation to the Film and TV industry with her husband, Brendan.
Booking Info
DEGNZ / WIFT members – Free Non-members – $25
Registration bookings are essential for members and non-members. For non-members, payment must by made in full prior to the start of the workshop to confirm a booking. We accept payment by credit/debit cards and internet banking/direct credit.
Registration closes Monday 1 October, unless capacity is reached prior.
Refunds: Please email admin@deganz.co.nz if you wish to cancel your booking. You must inform us at least 24 hours before the workshop starts to receive a full refund.
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DEGNZ Young Creators is a programme of events with a mission to inform and inspire younger or emerging directors and editors to build successful, sustainable careers in the screen industry.
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Documentary filmmaker Peter Young, director and producer of The Last Ocean, will share his insights and experiences from the Last Ocean campaign, a movement that grew from a passionate few into an international environmental campaign that helped create the world’s largest Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
Peter will talk about the importance of the film, how it was financed, produced and distributed to help create significant change.
About Peter Young
Peter Young is a director, cameraman and producer with a strong connection to the land and the people who live and work on it. In 2012, he was named New Zealand Independent Screen Producer of the Year. He has credits in well over a hundred documentaries, among them BBC’s Blue Planet Series, The Quest for the Giant Squid for Discovery, and acclaimed TVNZ series Country Calendar and Explorers.
In recent years, Peter completed and released the feature documentaries The Art of Recovery (2015) and The Last Ocean (2012). The Last Ocean spanned seven years and developed into a successful international campaign promoting the protection of the Ross Sea in Antarctica, culminating in November 2016 when 24 nations and the European Union created the world’s largest marine protected area in the Ross Sea.
Join us for an inspirational evening celebrating the power of film.
DEGNZ Selects: From Passion to Protection – The story of the Last Ocean Campaign
When: Tuesday 25 September, 6PM for a 6:30 – 8:30PM presentation Where: Horse & Trap, The Loft (upstairs), 3 Enfield Street, Mt Eden, Auckland
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Call for applications. The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ presents a two-day practical guide for emerging directors to be held in Auckland on 15-16 September.
New Zealand director Danny Mulheron will draw on his extensive experience to deliver this interactive and informative workshop, which ran in Wellington last year.
Day One topics will include:
The Director and the Script, Or: God I’m bored, why?
Text, Subtext and Context, Or: “Help, I’m struggling for depth?”
Observing Human Behaviour and Emotions, Or: On preferring what you don’t want…and recognising it.
The #1 Secret of the Actor/Director Relationship, Or: Don’t fall in love with them…too much?
Tools of the Director, Or: How to keep out of the way. It’s what you don’t do that counts.
Day Two will guide participants on working with actors, script reads, rehearsing, shooting and blocking through the use of demonstration and class exercises.
Lunch and refreshments provided.
About Danny Mulheron
Since his graduation from the New Zealand Drama School in 1983, Danny has become an experienced director, writer and actor in all mediums – stage, screen and television. He is known as an ‘actor’s director’ due to his particular strength in directing actors and getting extraordinary performances.
Danny has directed award-winning television dramas, feature-length documentaries and smash hit theatre productions. The most recent work aired in NZ was Why does love?, a rock and roll movie about Kiwi rock band The Dance Exponents. Prior to that he directed all six episodes of the Hillary TV series for TVNZ. Other TV movies include The Kick, Rage and Eruption. Fresh Meat was a lesbian cannibal grind house movie for the Gibson Group, which made it to the NYC Tribeca Film Festival.
He is currently in pre-production for Runaway Millionaires a TV movie for TVNZ and then moves immediately into Jonah. This is a 2 x 90 minutes TV drama for TV3, the story of Jonah Lomu. As a writer, he has two other screenplays in early development.
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Why should you attend this important hui about sexual harassment & disclosure?
This practical workshop will help you to learn how to identify and most importantly deal with uncomfortable situations.
Everyone deserves to feel safe in their workspace or know how to respond when they don’t!
This presentation by Debbi Tohill, Executive Director of RPE (Rape Prevention Education) is a precursor to future workshops SWAG (Screen Women’s Action Group) will be organising. This will be a two-hour intensive covering the basics:
Exactly what is sexual harassment? The continuum to sexual violence Keeping yourself safe Creating a safe environment Knowing your rights Reporting Making your own decisions
WHEN Wed 5 September, 6PM for a 6:30 start – 8:30PM WHERE St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby, Auckland – carpark around the back
