Jeremy Macey

Jeremy Macey studied Russian and German at Victoria University of Wellington before working in theatre, short films and TVCs. In 1997–2001 he worked in Russia in TV production at the newly opened Moscow branch of BBDO agency, then independently as a freelance reviewer and translator, and as fixer for overseas commercials, documentary and features. He returned to New Zealand to study documentary filmmaking and work on TV series, corporate and short films.

Jeremy worked in development at the NZ Film Commission before returning to the industry as producer of drama and documentaries including the Loading Docs short documentary Gina (2015) and the award-winning feature The Great Maiden's Blush (2016). He has also produced commercials and short films including I'm Going to Mum's (Berlinale 2013) and Tree (2017). He is passionate about expanding and sharing his knowledge, and has taught or otherwise contributed to filmmaking programmes at Massey and Victoria Universities in Wellington, as well as completing an MA in scriptwriting at the International Institute of Modern Letters.

You can contact him on 021 511 415 or jeremy@godwit.nz.