Volcanic New Zealand
Documentary, 3×43
Executive Producer: James Heyward
Producer: Spencer Stoner
Directors: Mark Strickson
Writers: Penny Ashcroft, Mark Strcikson, Spencer Stoner
IMDB: https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt7589236
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/beneathnz
New Zealand owes its existence to a fiery past. Volcanoes lifted islands out of the ocean. But the past isn’t dead. From a lava tube hidden under suburban sprawl to lost wonders of the world, alien lifeforms, and a city built above fifty two active volcanos, it's presenting a warning that history may soon repeat.
Journeying into some of New Zealand’s most remote and stunning locales, Volcanic New Zealand: Creation and Destruction follows researchers and adventurers working at the bleeding edge of ...
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https://vimeo.com/268734180
A War Story
Documentary
Producers: James Heyward / Chris Hampson
Directors: John Laing
Written by: Dean Parker
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewarstory
In 1997 Osama bin Laden spoke to America through Pulitzer Prize winning CNN correspondent, Peter Arnett. America didn't listen ...
Arnett interviewed bin Laden at his camp high in the Afghan mountains. Bin Laden outlined his vision of changing the Arab world, explaining his determination to expel American troops and rid Muslim lands of foreign cultural influences. On the eve of 9/11, Arnett flew into New York City to stay with his daughter. The next day he watched horrified as the towers collapsed; his mind recalling the interview and bin Laden's veiled ...
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https://vimeo.com/141232305
Modern Dinosaurs
Documentary, 6x43
Executive Producers : James Heyward / Kerstin Meyer-Beetz
Producer : Polly Fryer
Directors : Mark Strikson / Quinn Berentson
Co-production Partners : Germany: gebrueder beetz filmproduktion / Brazil: Grifa Films
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderndins
Isolated from the world for 100 million years New Zealand became the ultimate storehouse for discontinued zoological ...
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https://vimeo.com/141963277
Abandoned
Drama, 1×84
Director : John Laing
Executive Producer : James Heyward
Producer : Liz diFiore
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRoseNoelle
Four men set sail on a grand adventure, to cross the Pacific on the yacht Rose Noelle. The yacht capsizes in a storm and fills with water trapping the sodden crew in a space the size of a double bed with only eighteen inches of head room.
Personality conflicts threaten their survival but after a record breaking 119 days adrift in the wintery pacific the Rose Noelle washes ashore on New Zealand’s Great Barrier island. The crew have survived storms, fear, thirst and starvation.
Their story makes headlines around the world but their survival is so miraculous they face open hostility and disbelief from the media ...
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https://vimeo.com/128444794
The Ultimate Waterman
Documentary, 1×43
Produced for Red Bull Media House
www.theultimatewaterman.com
Producer : Andy Salek
Director : Hugh Barnard
RBMH Executive Producers : Charlie Rosene / Scott Bradfield / Gus Roxburgh
Editor : Piers Cloth Harding
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheUltimateWaterman
For the first time ever, the world’s finest watermen came came together in New Zealand to compete in six different surfing disciplines over eight days.
The invitation-only contest experienced extraordinary conditions during a unique event which tested the eight elite competitors’ skill and endurance to the limit and ...
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https://vimeo.com/85809893
Beneath New Zealand
Documentary, 3×43
Executive Producers : James Heyward / Michael Tear
Writer : James Heyward
Production Companies : Making Movies / Wildbear
The world beneath our feet is in a constant and often violent state of flux. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, sink holes and tsunamis are reminders of the ever changing planet we occupy. But while we understand the consequences, we know little about the causes and even less of the story they tell about how the world as we know it was formed and continues to ...
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https://vimeo.com/moviesnz/cocgssizzle169
Colours of China
Documentary, 5×43 + 1×90 + 1x40
Executive Producers: James Heyward / Weina Kong / Christian Beetz
Producers: Kirsteen Meyer-Beetz / James
Directors: Jan Hinrik Drevs & Mike Single
Writers: Kirsteen Meyer-Beetz / Jan Hinrik Drevs / Marilyn McFadyen
Production Companies: Making Movies / CICC (China Intercontinental Communication Centre) / gebrueder beetz filmproduktion
Partners: ZDF/arte / New Zealand Film Commission / Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9441168
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chinacolours/
Five colours resonate through every layer of traditional and modern Chinese life representing emotional, physical, spiritual and directional forces. In the centre, is yellow, surrounded by blue for east, red for south, white for west and black for the north. Guided by these profoundly influential colours, the audience embarks on a visual and cultural journey ...
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New Zealand from Above
Documentary, 5×43
New Zealand is a nation famous for its natural beauty and rich variety of landscapes.
This series presents an aerial journey of New Zealand, flying from the deep south of the South Island to the northern tip of the North Island. We discover the astonishing diversity of landscapes and meet New Zealander’s who talk about their life, work, interests and ...
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Shackleton's Captain
DocuDrama, 1×84 + 1×52
Director : Leanne Pooley
Producers : James Heyward / Andy Salek / Christian Beetz
Production Companies : Making Movies / gebrueder beetz filmproduktion
Production Images
Shackleton's Captain: A Biography of Frank Worsley
Credits : IMDB
Captain Frank Worsley signs on as Captain of the Endurance to navigate Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew to Antarctica. When the expedition ship is crushed; Worsley's seamanship and navigational skills saves them ...
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Dying for Everest
Documentary, 1x52
Director : Richard Dennison
Executive Producers : James Heyward / Steve Luczo / Shaun Murphy
Producers : Andy Salek / Gus Roxburgh
DP : Neil Cervin
Production Companies : Making Movies / Balance Vector
Partners : TV3
Credits : IMDB
Double amputee Mark Inglis summited Mt Everest and plunged into a storm of controversy when it was learned he had passed an incapacitated British climber, David Sharp, leaving him to a lonely death in the Death ...
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