Bryan Bruce

Bryan Bruce (born 1948) is a New Zealand documentary maker and author. Born in Scotland in 1948, he emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1956. He grew up in Christchurch and attended the University of Canterbury, where he graduated with an M.A. in sociology and philosophy. Bruce earned a Diploma in Teaching from Christchurch Teachers' College and taught for 10 years. He was a professional musician for 20 years before he took up a career as a documentary maker. Bruce now resides in Auckland, New Zealand.

Bruce's feature-length documentaries cover diverse topics, from natural history to crime.

Bruce wrote, produced ,and directed the real crime show The Investigator [1] that screened on TV ONE (Television New Zealand) and CBS Reality.

Publications

Bruce's published non-fiction works include the following:

  • A Taste of History (Batemans, 2007; ISBN 978-1-86953-614-5)
  • Hard cases (Random House, New Zealand, 2008; ISBN 978-1-86941-977-6)
  • Historia Smaku (Cartablanca, 2000); ISBN 978-83-61444-63-3
  • Jesus: The Cold Case (Random House, New Zealand, 2010); ISBN 978-1-86979-197-1
  • Jezus: Dowody Zbrodni (Cartablanca, Poland, 2011); ISBN 978-83-7705-043-9

Awards
  1. 2011 Winner Aotearoa Film and Television Awards Awards[2] Best Documentary- Jesus: The Cold Case.
  2. 2008 Winner Qantas Awards[3] Achievement in Directing. Finalist: Best Factual Entertainment Series.
  3. 2003 Finalist New York Festivals Television Programming Awards[4](Writer, Director Producer for The Lost Dinosaurs).
  4. 2003 Banff Television Festival Award Finalist (The Lost Dinosaurs).[5]
  5. 2002 Winner- Best Director Factual Entertainment (New Zealand Television Awards)[6]
  6. Jesus: The Cold Case: A 90-minute documentary for TVNZ. Won AFTA for Best Documentary plus Silver and Bronze Medals in Religion and History categories at The New York Festivals Television and Film Awards. Awarded despite apparent initial TVNZ reluctance to release, and subsequent criticism from some reviewers.[7]

Documentaries

A number of Bruce's documentaries are lodged at The New Zealand Film Archive.

Selected filmography

Documentaries

Source:[8]

  • Safer Sex (1989) - Producer, Presenter, Writer
  • Peter Blake (1990) - Director, Producer
  • 1981 The Tour. Ten Years On (1991) - Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter
  • Whina, Te Whaea O Te Moto - Mother of the Nation (1992) - Director, Producer
  • Stand By Your Man (1993) - Director, Producer
  • Breaking Barriers (1993) - Director, Producer
  • 17 - Snapshot of a Generation (1994) - Director, Producer
  • You're Soaking In It (1994) - Director, Producer, Editor
  • Serious Fraud (1995) - Director, Producer
  • Beyond a Joke (1995) - Director, Producer
  • The Coach (1996) - Director, Producer
  • Murder, They Said (1996) - Producer
  • In Cold Blood (1997) - Director, Producer, Writer
  • First Impressions (1998) - Director, Producer
  • Heavy Petting (1999) - Director, Producer
  • Shaky Beginnings (1999) - Director, Producer
  • The Trouble With Ben (1999) - Director, Producer, Writer
  • State of Mind (2000) - Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
  • Workhorse to Dreamhorse (2001) - Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
  • The Bughouse (2001) - Director, Producer, Writer
  • The Sir Howard Morrison Story (2002) - Director, Producer, Editor
  • The Bridge (2002) - Director, Producer, Writer
  • The Last Place On Earth (2002) - Director, Producer, Editor
  • The Lost Dinosaurs of New Zealand (2002) - Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
  • Just a Little Mad (2003) - Director
  • Trial By Ordeal (2004) - Director, Producer
  • A Question of Justice (2005) - Director
  • Monsters of the Deep (2005) - Director
  • What's Your Verdict - Mark Lundy (2005) - Executive Producer
  • Child Poverty (2011) - Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter
  • Jesus: The Cold Case (2011) - Director, Presenter
  • Mind the Gap (2014) - Director
  • Who Owns New Zealand Now? (2017) - Director, Producer, Writer, Presenter
  • World Class? Inside New Zealand Education - A Special Report (2016) - Director, Writer, Presenter
  • A Question of Justice (2022) - Producer, Presenter

Documentary Series

Source:[8]

  • Wild About New Zealand (2000-2001, 2013) - Director, Writer, Producer
  • The Investigator (2007-2011) - Presenter, Writer, Producer, Director, Editor
  • Passion in Paradise (2014) - Director, Producer, Writer

References
  1. http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/ 3517/features/9729/who_killed_kayo.html – 20k -
  2. "Jesus The Cold Case". afta.co.nz. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  3. "2008 Finalists, Qantas Film & Television awards". Qantasfilmandtvawards.co.nz. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
  4. "New York Festivals". Newyorkfestivals.com. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
  5. "Banff Rockie Awards Nominees – BANFF 2003 – Print-Friendly Version". Banff2008.com. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
  6. "Home".
  7. http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv/4897546/TVNZ-sits-on-controversial-Jesus-doco For one of numerous examples of critique: http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2011/jesus-the-cold-case/ Archived 9 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/jesus-christ-ultimate-cold-case-3446019
  8. Screen, NZ On. "Bryan Bruce | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 25 April 2023.


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