HELENA BROOKS

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ABOUT Helena Brooks

Magic Word
Magic Word

Client: Burger King Agency: Colenso BBDO

All Blacks Prank
All Blacks Prank

TV Show: Cure Kids Production: Musket Media

In With the New
In With the New

Client: Vodafone Agency: Colenso BBDO

Belly Laugh
Belly Laugh

Client: Orcon Agency: Contagion

Mix It Up
Mix It Up

Client: Kapiti Agency: Shine

Desert
Desert

Client: Abe's Bagel Crisps Agency: Consortium

Father's Day
Father's Day

Client: Lotto Agency: DDB

Faces (director's cut)
Faces (director's cut)

Client: Maggi Agency: Mediacom

Vacuum
Vacuum

Client: ASB Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi

In With the New

 

Client: Vodafone

Agency: Colenso BBDO

Creative Director: Levi Slavin

Creatives: Mick Stalker & Jae Morrison

30"

Directed by Helena Brooks

 

 

 

Voted one of Idealog's Most Creative People, Brooks was recently lead director for Psychological Thriller Mini-Series The Bad Seed. Prior to that she directed Telefeature The Brokenwood Mysteries, TV drama 800 Words and Sketch-Show Funny Girls, starring this year's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner. Brooks has also directed high-end TV commercials for over 10 years. 


Her first short film as a writer-director, Harry & Peter in Love, won Best Art Direction at the New York Short Film Festival. Her second short as a writer-director, Nothing Special, was nominated for Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, selected for film festivals around the world and sold to Canal Plus, SBS Australia, and the Rialto Channel.

 

She studied creative writing with the late Roald Dahl, gained a B.A with a double major in Film & Philosophy, and an M.A with a double major in Screenwriting & Directing. She further studied at British Film Institute masterclasses with Ridley Scott, Charlie Kaufman and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.