Carthew Neal

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Carthew Neal is an Academy nominated film, television and interactive producer.

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Neal produced Taika Waititi's satire Jojo Rabbit for Fox Searchlight, which received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. He also produced Waititi's adventure comedy film Hunt for the Wilderpeople . It is based on best selling novel Wild Pork & Watercress written by Barry Crump. Hunt for the Wilderpeople premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It became New Zealand's number #1 at the box office and sold out to all territories worldwide.

He also produced David Farrier and Dylan Reeve's feature documentary Tickled , which also premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It was released by Magnolia and HBO in the US and sold by Magnolia worldwide. Neal executive produced Farrier's Dark Tourist (television series) for Netflix.

He also produced Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek's movie The Breaker Upperers which premiered at 2018 South by Southwest. It is distributed by Piki Films and Madman in New Zealand and Madman in Australia. It will screen on Netflix for the rest of the world in 2019.

Through Piki Films Carthew executive produced Damon Fepulea'i's Red, White & Brass Aotearoa's #1 local film in 2023, Rachel House (actress)'s The Mountain (2024_film), Josephine Stewart Te Whiu's We Were Dangerous which premiered at SXSW and won the Jury Prize for filmmaking and Curtis Vowell's 2020 film Baby Done starring Rose Matafeo and Matthew Lewis (actor).

He produced TV3 comedy Super City starring Madeleine Sami. Super City had two seasons directed by Taika Waititi and Oscar Kightley. [1] It has been piloted in the United States with American Broadcasting Company.

He also produced a cartoon, Aroha Bridge , written by Coco Solid.

Carthew was associate producer on Walt Disney Pictures film Pete's Dragon, working under Barrie M. Osborne.

He produced Tanu Gago's AR project Atua which premiered at Sundance Film Festival and then toured the world's art galleries and interactive documentary FAFSWAGvogue.com with RESN, and Justin Pemberton's interactive documentary Ispydoc.com; a co-production with Canadian digital company Jam3. An early pioneer in interactive web storytelling, he produced and directed pick-a-path comedy 5 Minute Call in 2002 and London Calling in 2003. [2]

Previously he conceived and produced two seasons of TV3's Wa$ted! environmental make-over series, which was remade around the world, including in America.

He was named Independent Producer of the Year in 2016 at the New Zealand SPADA conference. [3] He was also named in Variety's 2016 Producers to Watch. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRole
2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Producer
2016 Tickled Producer
2016 Pete’s Dragon Associate Producer
2018 The Breaker Upperers Producer
2019 Jojo Rabbit Producer
2020 Baby Done Executive Producer
2023 Red, White & Brass Executive Producer
2024 The Mountain Executive Producer
2024 We Were Dangerous Executive Producer

Television

YearProgramRole
2007 Wasted Producer/Creator
2009 Super City Producer
2016I Spy with my 5 eyesProducer
2017 Aroha Bridge Producer
2017The Tickle KingProducer
2018 Dark Tourist Executive Producer
2018Fafswag VogueProducer
2022AtuaExecutive Producer

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References

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  2. "Carthew Neal - NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. "SPADA announces 2016 award winners". 24 November 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. Variety Staff (19 October 2016). "10 Producers to Watch 2016" . Retrieved 15 May 2018.