The 2020 New Zealand Television Awards winners were announced today. The event became one of the few physical screen awards ceremonies held during the pandemic.
The Luminaries, produced by Southern Light Films and Working Title TV, was the big winner in the Drama Craft categories with multiple wins including Best Script: Drama for Eleanor Catton, who adapted her Man Booker Award-winning book for television, Best Director: Drama for Claire McCarthy, Best Cinematographer: Drama for Denson Baker, Best Production Design for Felicity Abbott and Daniel Birt, Best Costume Design for Edward K. Gibbon, Best Makeup Design for Jane O’Kane, and Best Post Production Design for Alana Cotton . Lead actor Himesh Patel, who played Emery Staines, won the Best Actor Award.
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The full list of winners can be found below.
NZ On Air Best Drama Series
Single lane bridge
Philip Smith, Carmen J. Leonard, Deb Cope
Great Southern Television Limited (TVNZ 1)
Pictures & Sound Best Feature Drama
Runaway millionaires
Carmen J. Leonard, Deb Cope, Danny Mulheron
Fearless Productions (TVNZ 1)
Best factual series
Hyundai country calendar
Julian O’Brien and Henry
TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
NZ On Air Best Documentary
At the balls
Charlotte Purdy
Rogue Productions Ltd (TVNZ 1)
Best Original Reality Series
Unbreakable
Rachel Currie
Storyteller (TVNZ 1)
Best Format Reality Series
My restaurant rules
Simon Fleming, Anna Lynch and Philip Smith
Great Southern Television Limited (TVNZ 2)
Best lifestyle program
With Pio from the network
Meg Douglas
Scottie Douglas Productions Ltd (Māori TV)
Best current affairs program
Stuff Circuit
Toby Longbottom, Paula Penfold, Phil Johnson and Eugene Bingham
Stuff Circuit (Stuff.co.nz)
NZ On Air Best Children’s Program
Kiri and Lou
Fiona Copland
Stretchable (TVNZ 2)
Te Māngai Paho Best Māori program
NZ Wars – Tales of Waitara
Forbes, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Pihama Pihama, Philip Smith, and Deb Cope
Great Southern Television Limited (RNZ)
Best Māori voice transmission program
Waka Huia
Whatanui Flavell, Meg Douglas and Ani-Piki Tuari
Scottie Douglas Productions Ltd (TVNZ 1)
NZ On Air Best Pasifika Program
Signs of Mana
Lisa Taouma
Tikilounge Productions (The Coconet TV)
Best coverage
Newshub – Samoa measles outbreak
The Newshub and AM Show production teams
Newshub (three)
Best sports program
Scratched: Aotearoa’s lost sports legends
Amber Easby, Duncan Greive, Scotty Stevenson and Natalie Wilson
Hex Work Productions (The Breakaway)
Best live event coverage
New Zealand 250
Bailey Mackey, Blake Ihimaera and Matthew Sadd
Pango Productions (TVNZ 1)
Best comedy / comedy entertainment program
Wellington Paranormal Series 2
Paul Yates, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
New Zealand Documentary Board (TVNZ 2)
Best Director Documentary / factual
Justin Hawkes
Patrick Gower: On weeds
Riot (three)
Screen Auckland Best Director, Drama
Claire McCarthy
The lights
Southern Light Films & working title TV (TVNZ 1)
Best Actress
Miriam McDowell
heads up
Images from the South Pacific (three)
The best supporting actress
Anna Jullienne
Mean mothers
Images from the South Pacific (three)
Best actor
Himesh Patel
The lights
Southern Light Films & working title TV (TVNZ 1)
Best supporting actor
Jayden Daniels
heads up
Images from the South Pacific (three)
Reporter of the year
Michael Morrah
Newshub (three)
Best presenter entertainment
Patrick Gower
Patrick Gower: On weeds
Riot (three)
Best presenter news and current affairs
Mihingarangi Forbes
The Hui
Great Southern Television Limited (three)
TV Personality of the Year
Hilary Barry
Seven sharp (TVNZ 1)
TV legend
Andrew Shaw
Best editing: Documentary / factual
James Brown, Prisca Bouchet
Funny how
Augustus (TVNZ 1)
Best adaptation: drama
Jochen Fitzherbert
The golf
Screentime New Zealand Ltd, Lippy Pictures, Mailbox Production (Three)
Best camera work: Documentary / factual
Peter Young
Hyundai country calendar
TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
Best Director: Multi Camera
Glen Broomhall
Pacific Island Food Revolution
Pacific Island Productions Ltd (TVNZ 1)
Best camera: drama
Denson Baker, ACS NZCS
The lights
Southern Light Films & working title TV (TVNZ 1)
Best contribution to a soundtrack
Tom Miskin, Mike Bayliss, Matt Stutter and Steve Finnigan
Pictures & sound
Single lane bridge
Great Southern Television Limited (TVNZ 1)
Pictures & sound Best original score
Claire Cowan
Runaway millionaires
Fearless Productions (TVNZ 1)
Best post production design
Alana cotton
The lights
Southern Light Films & working title TV (TVNZ 1)
Best production design
Felicity Abbott APDG BFDG, Daniel Birt BFDG SDSA
The lights
Southern Light Films & working title TV (TVNZ 1)
Best costume design
Edward K. Gibbon
The lights
Southern Light Films & working title TV (TVNZ 1)
Best makeup design
Jane O’Kane
The lights
Southern Light Films & working title TV (TVNZ 1)
Best script: comedy
Paul Yates
Wellington Paranormal – Series 2 Episode 2.4
New Zealand Documentary Board (TVNZ 2)
Best script: drama
Eleanor Catton
The lights
Southern Light Films & working title TV (TVNZ 1)
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