Julia Parnell

Julia Parnell (born 1979) is a New Zealand film and television producer[1]

Julia Parnell
Parnell in February 2019
Born	1979 Nairobi, Kenya
Occupation	Director, Producer, Writer
Years active	1999–present
Website	notablepictures.com

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 Maori Television's Glen Osborne, a documentary funded by Maori 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 has expanded into producing drama with two short films Hitch Hike and Friday Tigers, and a third film, Dive, in pre-production, all three funded by the New Zealand Film Commission. [8] [9] [10]

Friday Tigers, written and directed by Aidee Walker, won the New Zealand International Film Festival's Best New Zealand Short Film for 2013.[11]

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.[12] She also worked on Loading Docs, a new initiative in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Commission and NZ On Air. The project will provide a launchpad for New Zealand documentary shorts starting with ten 3-minute films in 2014 based on the theme of home. [13][14][15]

Filmography

Title	Series	Funder/Broadcaster & Date	Series Description
Producer	Rising Dust	New Zealand Film Commission 2013	Short Film
Producer/Director	Rethinking Rehab	Maori Television 2013–14	Documentary
Executive Producer	Loading Docs	New Zealand On Air 2013–14	Documentary
Producer/Director	Both Worlds Series 2	TV3 (New Zealand) 2013	Ten-part documentary series
Producer	Dive	New Zealand Film Commission 2012	Short Film
Producer	Friday Tigers	New Zealand Film Commission 2012	Short Film
Producer	Restoring Hope	Maori Television 2012	52-minute documentary
Producer	Both Worlds	TV3 2012	Ten-part documentary series
Producer	Hitch Hike	New Zealand Film Commission 2011	Short Film
Producer	Henare O’Keefe	Maori Television 2011	52-minute documentary on Henare O’Keefe
Producer	Bring Your Boots, Oz Series 2	Maori Television 2011	Thirteen-part factual entertainment series
Producer	Bring Your Boots, Oz Series 1	Maori Television 2011	Thirteen-part factual entertainment series
Producer	O Whakaaro	Māori Television 2010	Twenty six-part talk show
Producer	Hauora an iwi Whanganui	Māori Television 2010	Thirteen part observational documentary
Producer / Director	Minority Voices	TVNZ TV ONE 2009	Ten-part factual documentary series
Producer	Riki Ellison: The Defender	Māori Television 2009	60 min documentary
Producer / Post Director	Ngāti NRL Series 1 – 10	Māori Television	Thirteen-part sports entertainment series 2004–09
Producer	Wayne Anderson: Singer of Songs, Series 1 & 2	TVNZ TV2 & Prime (New Zealand TV channel) 2006 & 2008	Seven-part comedy series
Producer / Post Director	Relocated Mountains	NHK (Japan), Link TV (U.S.), Māori Television 2008	60 min documentary
Line Producer	Rockin' Rowles	TVNZ TV3 2008	60 min Inside the life on John Rowles New Zealand documentary
Producer / Director	Kaihoe Wāhine	Māori Television 2008	Seven-part documentary series
Line Producer	Hauora Ngāti Porou	Māori Television 2006 & 2007	Series 1 & 2 Thirteen-part observational documentary series
Producer / Director	Mātātahi	Māori Television 2007	Seven-part youth magazine series
Producer / Writer	Hauora Hokianga, Series 1 & 2	Māori Television 2004 & 2005	Thirteen-part observational documentary
Producer / Director	Te Haerenga series 1, 2 & 3	Māori Television 2004 & 2005	Thirteen part youth documentary series

References

1. Julia Parnell IMDB Retrieved June 2012
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. Tauihu Media Projects Archived 5 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 2012
9. WIFT NZ – Six New Shorts Green Lit for Funding Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 2012
10. NZ Film Short Film Financing Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 2012
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
15. Yates, Siena (4 August 2016). "Loading Docs provides 'small stories which pack big punch'". 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

External links

• Julia Parnell on IMDb
• Interview about Relocated Mountains documentary on Auckland radio station BFM