Annie Goldson

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Annie Goldson

Known forDocumentary film
Academic background
Alma mater University of Auckland
Thesis
Doctoral advisor Roger Horrocks
Laurence Simmons

Anne Veronica Goldson ONZM is a New Zealand journalism and film academic specialising in documentaries. [1] Her films include Punitive Damage, Georgie Girl, Brother Number One and Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web.

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Career

Goldson has a BSc from Otago University, a Diploma in Journalism from Canterbury University, a Master of Arts from New York University and a PhD from the University of Auckland. [1] The title of her doctoral thesis was A claim to truth: documentary, politics, production. [2] She is currently a professor of Media and Communication at the University of Auckland. [1]

Honours and awards

Goldson was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2007 for services to film [3] [4] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2007. [5] [6] She was awarded the Humanities Aronui Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2021. [7] In 2023, she received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award. [8]

Selected works

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