Costa Botes

Director

Born: December 27, 1960 (age 65)
From: New Zealand

Costa Botes has been an independent film-maker in New Zealand since the early 1980s. His short film Stalin’s Sickle won the jury prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in 1988. Forgotten Silver, a mock-documentary co-written & co-directed with Peter Jackson in 1995 created a national sensation in 1995. It won a special critics prize at the Venice Film Festival, and has become a cult…

Filmography (21)

When the Cows Come Home (2022)
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Angie (2018)
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Act of Kindness
Act of Kindness (2015)
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The Last Dogs of Winter (2012)
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Daytime Tiger (2011)
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Candyman: The David Klein Story (2010)
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Kathmandu Blues (2009)
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Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues (2008)
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Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus (2008)
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Struggle No More: The Windy City Strugglers Story (2006)
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The Making of 'The Return of the King' (2004)
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The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2003)
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The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2002)
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Behind the Bull (2000)
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Saving Grace
Saving Grace (1998)
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Forgotten Silver (1997)
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The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder (1989)
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Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait (1988)
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Bad Taste (1987)
3rd Class Alien
Stalin's Sickle (1987)
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The Making of The Lord of the Rings Collection
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