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    HELENA BROOKS

    The Brokenwood Mysteries
    The Brokenwood Mysteries
    Client: South Pacific Pictures
    Broadcaster: Prime
    Mix It Up
    Mix It Up
    Client: Kapiti
    Agency: Shine
    Funny Girls
    Funny Girls
    Client: Mediaworks
    Broadcaster: three
    Vacuum
    Vacuum
    Client: ASB
    Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
    Desert
    Desert
    Client: Abe's Bagel Crisps
    Agency: Consortium
    The Bad Seed
    The Bad Seed
    Client: South Pacific Pictures
    Broadcaster: TVNZ
    In With the New
    In With the New
    Client: Vodafone
    Agency: Colenso BBDO
    Faces (director's cut)
    Faces (director's cut)
    Client: Maggi
    Agency: Mediacom
    Nothing Special
    Nothing Special
    Short Film Trailer
    Production: NZ Film Commission

    ABOUT 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.