Karl Steven on Composing for the Screen – Collaborators Series

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Sound and music has a significant influence on the viewerโ€™s experience. DEGNZ warmly invites members of DEGNZ, WIFT and NZAPG to hear from acclaimed screen composer and Kiwi music veteran Karl Steven as he shares on composing for film andโ€ฆ

Dany Cooper Delivers Editing Masterclass

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7 October 2016. Award-winning Australian editor Dany Cooper ran a fantastic weekend masterclass for our member editors at Unitec campus, Auckland on 1 to 2 October. Dany is one of Australiaโ€™s best-known and respected film and television editorsโ€ฆ

Shakin’ It Up

29 September 2016 Last week I was at the No Borders Coproduction market in New York, which is part of IFP Film Week. Across 6 days I mixed with mainly American writers, directors and producers who were trying to get their narrative featuresโ€ฆ

Submissions Open – Guild Table Reads

,
Round Three 2016 - Apply Now! Bringing Writers Directors & Actors together for Table Reads. A core cast โ€“ max. six actors โ€“ together with a writer & director team (OR writer/director) will collaborate on each script-in-developmentโ€ฆ

Call for Applications: International Documentary Editing Mentorship with Doug Blush

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The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ (DEGNZ) invites applications from mid-career editors with significant documentaryย experience to apply for an International Editorโ€™s Mentorship with award-winningย American editor Doug Blush. Doug Blushโ€ฆ

What’s Happening?

Looking out my window I can see pohutukawa blossoms on my tree. Spring really is here. An interesting time to take the temperature on the industry, I thought. So I decided to ring around the other guilds and pose a simple question: Whatโ€™sโ€ฆ

DEGNZ Members Sweep Gaylene Preston Directors’ Award

Armagan Ballantyne, Alyx Duncan and Gillian Ashurst will each receive $25,000 to further their commitment to feature filmmaking. Thirty applications were received for the award which was targeted at female directors who have made one featureโ€ฆ

Call for Applications: Drama Editing Masterclass with Dany Cooper

,
Directors & Editors Guild of NZย invites youย to apply for a 2-day Drama Editing Masterclass with multiple award-winning Australian editorย Dany Cooperย for up to 8 participants. Dany Cooper is one of Australiaโ€™s best-known and respectedโ€ฆ

David Coulson Runs Successful Workshop

Fresh from cutting Niko Caro's The Zookeeper's Wife, starring Jessica Chastain and Danielย  Bruhl, LA-based awarding-winning editor David Coulson ran a two-day Editing Drama Workshop for DEGNZ in Auckland. It was an intimate and highly personalโ€ฆ

Post Insights

This weekend DEGNZ is running a two-day workshop with award-winning film editor David Coulson. David has a working relationship with director Niki Caro that has seen him edit her last five films, including her latest The Zookeepers Wife, starringโ€ฆ

Gender Matters

I was at the Melbourne International Film Festivalโ€™s 37 South Financing Market last week when Graeme Mason, CEO of Screen Australia and former NZFC CEO, launched the final two parts of their $5 million Gender Matters planโ€”a $1 million incentiveโ€ฆ

Insights into Casting, Acting and Directing with our DEGNZ – Equity NZ Power Panel

,
Actors Jennifer Ward Leland, Tandi Wright and Actor/Director Michael Hurst revealed many valuable insights into casting, acting and directing thanks to the prompting of our fabulous facilitator for the evening actor/director Ian Hughes. โ€ฆ

Call for Applications: Rehearsal Dynamics Workshop with Brita McVeigh

,
The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ invites you to apply for a 1-dayย Rehearsal Dynamicsย workshop with story and performance coachย Brita McVeigh. The workshop will be held on Saturday 10 September in Auckland.ย  Brita McVeighย is a storyโ€ฆ

Call for Applications โ€“ TV Drama Director Attachments on POWER RANGERS

DEGNZ invites applications for two TV Childrenโ€™s action adventure Attachments on Power Rangers Productions Ltd TV series Power Rangers โ€“ Ninja Steel (Seasons 24 & 25). Power Rangers Ninja Steel , produced by Chip Lynn and Sarah Spurway,โ€ฆ

‘Improving the Casting Process – The Relationship Between Actor and Director’ – A Collaborators Series

,
DEGNZ warmly invites DEGNZ and Equity New Zealand members to its next Collaborators Series on Wednesday August 10 with Equity New Zealand.What:ย A panel discussion on the topic of improving the casting process/the relationship between actorโ€ฆ

Call For Applications For Drama Editing Workshop With Award-Winning Editor David Coulson

,
DEGNZ invites youย to apply for a drama editing workshop with award-winning editorย David Coulsonย (The Zookeeperโ€™s Wife, McFarland USA, North Country, Whale Rider, Broken English, Desperate Remedies) for up to 10 members of DEGNZ. Theโ€ฆ

DEGNZ Announces Successful Applications for Women Filmmakers Incubator

,
The Directors & Editors Guild of New Zealand (DEGNZ) is delighted to announce the ten emerging women directors who will participate in its inaugural Women Filmmakers Incubator. They are: Catherine Bisley Nathalie Boltt Abigailโ€ฆ

Collaborators Series – Director and 1st AD Dynamics

Collaborators Series with The Techos' Guild & Peter Burger Come along for a discussion about 'Director and 1st AD Dynamics'. A panel of ADs--Terri Kilmartin, Amand Weaver, Jennifer Butcher, and Marc Ashton from NZFC--will speak toย Peterโ€ฆ

Karl Steven on Composing for the Screen – Collaborators Series

,
Sound and music has a significant influence on the viewerโ€™s experience. DEGNZ warmly invites members of DEGNZ, WIFT and NZAPG to hear from acclaimed screen composer and Kiwi music veteran Karl Steven as he shares on composing for film andโ€ฆ

Dany Cooper Delivers Editing Masterclass

,
7 October 2016. Award-winning Australian editor Dany Cooper ran a fantastic weekend masterclass for our member editors at Unitec campus, Auckland on 1 to 2 October. Dany is one of Australiaโ€™s best-known and respected film and television editorsโ€ฆ

Shakin’ It Up

29 September 2016 Last week I was at the No Borders Coproduction market in New York, which is part of IFP Film Week. Across 6 days I mixed with mainly American writers, directors and producers who were trying to get their narrative featuresโ€ฆ

Submissions Open – Guild Table Reads

,
Round Three 2016 - Apply Now! Bringing Writers Directors & Actors together for Table Reads. A core cast โ€“ max. six actors โ€“ together with a writer & director team (OR writer/director) will collaborate on each script-in-developmentโ€ฆ

Call for Applications: International Documentary Editing Mentorship with Doug Blush

,
The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ (DEGNZ) invites applications from mid-career editors with significant documentaryย experience to apply for an International Editorโ€™s Mentorship with award-winningย American editor Doug Blush. Doug Blushโ€ฆ

What’s Happening?

Looking out my window I can see pohutukawa blossoms on my tree. Spring really is here. An interesting time to take the temperature on the industry, I thought. So I decided to ring around the other guilds and pose a simple question: Whatโ€™sโ€ฆ

DEGNZ Members Sweep Gaylene Preston Directors’ Award

Armagan Ballantyne, Alyx Duncan and Gillian Ashurst will each receive $25,000 to further their commitment to feature filmmaking. Thirty applications were received for the award which was targeted at female directors who have made one featureโ€ฆ

Call for Applications: Drama Editing Masterclass with Dany Cooper

,
Directors & Editors Guild of NZย invites youย to apply for a 2-day Drama Editing Masterclass with multiple award-winning Australian editorย Dany Cooperย for up to 8 participants. Dany Cooper is one of Australiaโ€™s best-known and respectedโ€ฆ

David Coulson Runs Successful Workshop

Fresh from cutting Niko Caro's The Zookeeper's Wife, starring Jessica Chastain and Danielย  Bruhl, LA-based awarding-winning editor David Coulson ran a two-day Editing Drama Workshop for DEGNZ in Auckland. It was an intimate and highly personalโ€ฆ

Post Insights

This weekend DEGNZ is running a two-day workshop with award-winning film editor David Coulson. David has a working relationship with director Niki Caro that has seen him edit her last five films, including her latest The Zookeepers Wife, starringโ€ฆ

Gender Matters

I was at the Melbourne International Film Festivalโ€™s 37 South Financing Market last week when Graeme Mason, CEO of Screen Australia and former NZFC CEO, launched the final two parts of their $5 million Gender Matters planโ€”a $1 million incentiveโ€ฆ

Insights into Casting, Acting and Directing with our DEGNZ – Equity NZ Power Panel

,
Actors Jennifer Ward Leland, Tandi Wright and Actor/Director Michael Hurst revealed many valuable insights into casting, acting and directing thanks to the prompting of our fabulous facilitator for the evening actor/director Ian Hughes. โ€ฆ

Call for Applications: Rehearsal Dynamics Workshop with Brita McVeigh

,
The Directors & Editors Guild of NZ invites you to apply for a 1-dayย Rehearsal Dynamicsย workshop with story and performance coachย Brita McVeigh. The workshop will be held on Saturday 10 September in Auckland.ย  Brita McVeighย is a storyโ€ฆ

Call for Applications โ€“ TV Drama Director Attachments on POWER RANGERS

DEGNZ invites applications for two TV Childrenโ€™s action adventure Attachments on Power Rangers Productions Ltd TV series Power Rangers โ€“ Ninja Steel (Seasons 24 & 25). Power Rangers Ninja Steel , produced by Chip Lynn and Sarah Spurway,โ€ฆ

‘Improving the Casting Process – The Relationship Between Actor and Director’ – A Collaborators Series

,
DEGNZ warmly invites DEGNZ and Equity New Zealand members to its next Collaborators Series on Wednesday August 10 with Equity New Zealand.What:ย A panel discussion on the topic of improving the casting process/the relationship between actorโ€ฆ

Call For Applications For Drama Editing Workshop With Award-Winning Editor David Coulson

,
DEGNZ invites youย to apply for a drama editing workshop with award-winning editorย David Coulsonย (The Zookeeperโ€™s Wife, McFarland USA, North Country, Whale Rider, Broken English, Desperate Remedies) for up to 10 members of DEGNZ. Theโ€ฆ

DEGNZ Announces Successful Applications for Women Filmmakers Incubator

,
The Directors & Editors Guild of New Zealand (DEGNZ) is delighted to announce the ten emerging women directors who will participate in its inaugural Women Filmmakers Incubator. They are: Catherine Bisley Nathalie Boltt Abigailโ€ฆ

Collaborators Series – Director and 1st AD Dynamics

Collaborators Series with The Techos' Guild & Peter Burger Come along for a discussion about 'Director and 1st AD Dynamics'. A panel of ADs--Terri Kilmartin, Amand Weaver, Jennifer Butcher, and Marc Ashton from NZFC--will speak toย Peterโ€ฆ