The Aotearoa Film & Television Craft Awards were handed out on Thursday 10 November 2011 at a luncheon held in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour, celebrating New Zealand’s best and brightest. Awards were presented in 24 categories, and the remaining 37 categories will be presented at the AFTA Gala on Saturday evening.

Winners are listed first and in bold.

The Aotearoa Film & Television Craft Awards were handed out on Thursday 10 November 2011 at a luncheon held in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour, celebrating New Zealand’s best and brightest. Awards were presented in 24 categories, and the remaining 37 categories will be presented at the AFTA Gala on Saturday evening.

Winners are listed first and in bold.

NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Best News Camera

• Cameron Williams, 3 News (TV3) Niger Series/Airline Investigation
• Christie Douglas, 3 News (TV3) Pyne Gould Corp. Building Collapse/Christchurch Quake: Pyne
• Gould Building Flattened
• Bob Grieve, 3 News (TV3) Hoar/Singer/Students

Best Current Affairs Camera

• Martin Anderson, 20/20 (TV2) Rite of Passage
• Chris Brown, 20/20 (TV2) Breaking Back
• Leander Scott?Donelan, Close Up (TV ONE) Pheasant

Best News Editing

• Paul Sparkes, ONE News (TV ONE) Special Report CCTV
• Sarah Rowan, 3 News (TV3) Pike River Memorial/Amy Gilbert/Commonwealth
• Paul Sparkes, ONE News (TV ONE) Special Report 1080

Best Current Affairs Editing

• Nick Reid, 20/20 (TV2) Sitting on a Killer
• Will Kong, Sunday (TV ONE) Officer Down
• Elisabeth Topping, Sunday (TV ONE) Big on the Blogosphere

GENERAL TELEVISION

Kordia Best Multi-camera Direction

• Darryl McEwen, MasterChef New Zealand - Imagination Television (TV ONE)
• Nigel Carpenter & Mitchell Hawkes, Band Together for Canterbury - MediaWorks TV (TV3)
• Rob McLaughlin, One’s Countdown to New Year – TVNZ (TV ONE)

Best Cinematography Drama/Comedy

• Kevin Riley, Legend of the Seeker (Prime)
• Andrew Commis, This Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV ONE)
• David Paul, Reservoir Hill: Everyone Lies - KHF Media (TV2)

Images & Sound Best Editing Drama/Comedy

• Allanah Milne, Stolen - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
• Paul Maxwell, This Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV ONE)
• Bryan Shaw, The Almighty Johnsons - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)

Best Original Music

• Don McGlashan, This Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV ONE)
• Sean Donnelly & Victoria Kelly, The Almighty Johnsons - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
• Gareth Farr, Panic At Rock Island - Gibson Group (TV2)

Best Sound Design

• Chris Burt, Legend of the Seeker (Prime)
• Phil Burton, Don Paulin & Mark Cornish, Panic At Rock Island - Gibson Group (TV2)
• Tom Miskin, James Hayday, Mike Bayliss & Steve Finnigan, Stolen - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)

Best Production Design

• Tracey Collins, This Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV ONE)
• Tracey Collins, What Really Happened: Waitangi - Eyeworks New Zealand (TV ONE)
• Gary Mackay, Go Girls 3 - South Pacific Pictures (TV2)

Best Contribution to Design

• Jane Holland, Legend of the Seeker (Prime)
• Katrina Hodge, Outrageous Fortune - South Pacific Pictures (TV3)
• Peter McCully, This Is Not My Life - Desert Road (TV ONE)

DOCUMENTARY:

Best Cinematography Documentary/Factual

• David Paul, The Banker, The Escorts, and The $18 Million - KHF Media (TV3)
• Jacob Bryant, North - JAM TV (TV ONE)
• Renaud Maire, I am the River - Razor Films (Maori TV)

Best Editing Documentary/Factual

• Annie Collins, The Waterfall - Watershed Films (TV ONE)
• Geoff Conway, 5 Days in the Red Zone - Greenstone TV (TV ONE)
• Gretchen Peterson, The Banker, The Escorts, and The $18 Million - KHF Media (TV3)

FILM:

Best Cinematography in a Feature Film

• Simon Raby, Predicament - Novel Productions Limited
• Alun Bollinger, Love Birds - GFC
• Maria Ines Manchego, Love Story - Pictures for Anna

Best Editing in a Feature Film

• Peter O'Donoghue, Love Story - Pictures for Anna
• Cushla Dillon, After the Waterfall - THE Film Ltd
• Jonathan Woodford-Robinson, Predicament - Novel Productions Limited

Best Original Music in a Feature Film

• Plan 9, Predicament - Novel Productions Limited
• Neville Copland, The Insatiable Moon - Holy Bucket Productions
• Don McGlashan, Matariki - Filmwork Ltd

Images & Sound Best Sound in a Feature Film

• Dick Reade & Gethin Creagh, After the Waterfall - THE Film Ltd
• Tim Prebble, Chris Todd, Mike Hedges & Gilbert Lake, The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell -
  Eyeworks New Zealand
• Matt Stutter, Martin Kwok, Michael Hedges, Gilbert Lake & Ken Saville, Predicament - Novel
  Productions Limited

Best Production Design in a Feature Film

• John Harding, Predicament - Novel Productions Limited
• Miro Harre, Matariki - Filmwork Ltd
• Andrew McAlpine, Love Birds – GFC

Best Costume Design in a Feature Film

• Lesley Burkes-Harding, Predicament - Novel Productions Limited
• Bob Buck, Tracker - THE Film Ltd
• Kirsty Cameron, Love Birds – GFC

Best Make-Up Design in a Feature Film

• Angela Mooar, Predicament - Novel Productions Limited
• Denise Kum, Love Birds – GFC

Best Visual Effects in a Feature Film

• Sauce VFX, Predicament - Novel Productions Limited
• Digipost, Love Birds - GFC

Best Performance in a Short Film

• Peter Hawes, BIRD - Great Southern Television Ltd
• Jennifer Ludlam, Hauraki - Mr FilmPants
• Brittany-Anne Romijn, Go The Dogs

Best Screenplay for a Short Film

• Tammy Davis, Ebony Society - Whenua Films, Grouchy Films and StanStrong
• Sam Holst, Meathead - StanStrong Ltd
• Gregory King, Jane Shearer & Steve Ayson, BIRD - Great Southern Television Ltd

Outstanding Technical Contribution to a Short Film

• Maria-Elena Doyle, Meniscus - Meniscus Film
• James Cunningham, Das Tub - Media Design School
• James Cunningham, First Contact - Media Design School