Jonathan Brough

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Jonathan Brough is a New Zealand-born film director based in Australia. He is best known for the comedy TV series Rosehaven , Aftertaste and The Family Law .

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Early life and education

Brough grew up in Hawera, New Zealand, the son of John Brough, [1] a theatre and television actor. [2]

Career

Brough's graduation project was The Model, a short film (11 minutes) [3] based on a short story by Bernard Malamud, inspired by the work of painter Edward Hopper, [1] and starring Brough's father and Susannah Devereux [4] (later a horror actress in the US [2] ). The film was an official selection in the 1994 Cannes Film Festival for a special one-off programme of short films, [1] [2] and was screened at the Silver Images Film Festival in Chicago, U.S. [3] The film was later included in a video anthology called Dark Stories 2: Tales from Beneath (2002). [5]

In following years he directed two short films, The Conversation (1995) and Permanent Wave (1996). [2]

In 2004 he directed four episodes of the television drama series The Insider's Guide to Happiness , and was responsible for directing several documentaries about the making of the film Whale Rider , for the DVD extras, and a separate release, Riding the Wave: The Whale Rider Story. [2]

Also in 2004 he made No Ordinary Sun, a short sci fi film set in Antarctica, which he described as "the closest yet as a statement of what I want to achieve as a filmmaker". It screened at the Edinburgh and Slamdance Film Festivals. [2]

Brough co-created the mockumentary series The Pretender in 2005, [2] and directed six episodes in all, [6] including the opening episodes of both seasons. [2]

He directed many episodes of the American TV series of Power Rangers 2006 to 2007 and from 2008 to 2015. [6]

In 2008 he travelled to Russia make a film about a New Zealand charity worker, entitled Russia's Forgotten Children. [2]

For a couple of years from 2011 he worked in both Australia, where he directed two episodes of the supernatural comedy-drama Spirited , and New Zealand, where he directed another short film, [2] Snowmen (2014), which screened at the interfilm Berlin in 2015, [7] as well as episodes the comedy series Coverband. [2]

Brough directed the comedy series It's a Date which went to air for two seasons in 2013 and 2014, [8] and several episodes of The Time of Our Lives over the same period. He started being nominated for and winning awards with his work in Australian comedy, including Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane (2015). [2]

His work on the popular comedy series Rosehaven and Family Law was acclaimed, with the former winning many accolades. [2]

Brough directed the Fox Showcase/ Sky Atlantic drama series The End (2020) tackled the subject of euthanasia. [2]

He directed the first season of the Australian TV series Aftertaste in 2021. [9]

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Model". Jonathan Brough. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Jonathan Brough". NZ On Screen. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "The Model". New Zealand Film Commission. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Credits - The Model - Short Film". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Dark Stories 2 (Video 2002)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. 1 2 Jonathan Brough at IMDb
  7. ↑ "Snowmen". interfilm Berlin. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Australian Television: It's a Date". Australian Television Information Archive . Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  9. ↑ Watson, Meg (3 February 2021). "Aftertaste review – a wonderfully Australian mockery of the 'angry white guy'". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ricketts Lane Director Jonathan Brough wins ADG Award". Sticky Pictures Pty Ltd. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Winners & Nominees". AACTA. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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