Sam Neill

biography:
Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he is regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation.

Born in Northern Ireland to an English mother and New Zealand father, Neill moved to Christchurch with his family in 1954. He first achieved recognition with his appearance in the film Sleeping Dogs (1977), which he followed with leading roles in My Brilliant Career (1979), Omen III: The Final Conflict, Possession (both 1981), Evil Angels (also known as A Cry in the Dark) (1988), Dead Calm (1989), The Hunt For Red October (1990), The Piano (1993), and In the Mouth of Madness (1994). He came to international prominence as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park (1993), reprising the role in Jurassic Park III (2001) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022).

Outside of film, Neill has appeared in numerous television series in guest and recurring roles, including Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983), The Simpsons (1994), The Tudors (2007), Crusoe (2008–2010), Happy Town (2010), Alcatraz (2012), and Rick and Morty (2019). He also starred as the titular character Merlin in Merlin (1998) and Merlin's Apprentice (2006) and as Major Chester Campbell in the first two series of Peaky Blinders (2013–2014). He has presented and narrated several documentaries.

Neill receives the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Longford Lyell Award, the New Zealand Film Award, and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. He also has three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor at the 2023 Logies.

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The Simpsons

overview: Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

character: Molloy (voice)

original_name: The Simpsons

original_language: en

The Games

overview:
The Games was an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The series was originally broadcast on the ABC and had two seasons of 13 episodes each, the first in 1998 and the second in 2000.

'The Games' starred satirists John Clarke and Bryan Dawe along with Australian comedian Gina Riley and actor Nicholas Bell. It was written by John Clarke and Ross Stevenson. The series centred on the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and satirised corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratic ineptness in the New South Wales public service, and unethical behaviour within politics and the media. An unusual feature of the show was that the characters shared the same name as the actors who played them, to enhance the illusion of a documentary on the Sydney Games.

character: Citytrans World CEO

original_name: The Games

The Graham Norton Show

overview: Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.

original_name: The Graham Norton Show

The Tudors

overview: The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.

character: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

original_name: The Tudors

Richard & Judy

overview: Richard & Judy was a British chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The show originally aired on Channel 4, from 2001 to 2008, but later moved to digital channel, Watch, in October 2008. The programme featured a number of celebrities and a book club. Its final episode aired in July 2009 due to low ratings.

original_name: Richard & Judy

Get Krack!n

overview: Having conquered the cutthroat world of satirical online cooking shows with The Katering Show, the two Kates are ready to take a Sassy Swipe at morning lifestyle television in Get Krack!n.

original_name: Get Krack!n

Hallmark Hall of Fame

overview: Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

character: British Flier

original_name: Hallmark Hall of Fame

Amerika

overview: Amerika is a miniseries about life in the United States, ten years after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union.

character: Colonel Andrei Denisov

original_name: Amerika

The Triangle

overview: A shipping magnate hires four experts from various fields to investigate what happened to his ships that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle. The team discovers a threat that might unravel time itself and cause the world to end.

original_name: The Triangle

Doctor Zhivago

overview: Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is still married when he meets Lara. Their love story is unfolding against the backdrop of revolution which affects the doctor's career, his family, and his love to Lara.

character: Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky

original_name: Doctor Zhivago

Harry

overview: Harry is a single story, six-part crime drama series set in Auckland which follows the intense psychological journey of Detective Harry Anglesea.

character: DSS Jim Stockton

original_name: Harry

Happy Town

overview: The residents of Haplin, Minnesota - also known as "Happy Town" - have enjoyed an uneasy peace while haunted by a number of unsolved kidnappings. Now facing a disturbing new crime that brings unresolved fears to the surface, Haplin's most prominent citizens come under scrutiny as their own secrets are revealed.

character: Merritt Grieves

original_name: Happy Town

Merlin's Apprentice

overview: Merlin and a young thief embark on a dangerous quest to find the Holy Grail and save Camelot.

character: Merlin

original_name: Merlin's Apprentice

Space

overview: Sam Neill takes an amazing journey across the Universe and finds beauty and danger on the way.

original_name: Space

The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

overview: Mary Bryant, a Cornish girl who was convicted of petty theft, is being transported to the Australian Penal Colony on the First Fleet with other prisoners bound for Botany Bay.

character: Governor Arthur Phillip

original_name: The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

origin_country: AU GB

Jessica

overview: Set in the Australian outback at the turn of the twentieth century, this family based drama follows a young woman who is unjustly institutionalised.

original_name: Jessica

Rick and Morty

overview: Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.

character: Monogatron Leader (voice)

original_name: Rick and Morty

In Cold Blood

overview: At the end of the 1950s, in a more innocent America, the brutal, meaningless slaying of a Midwestern family horrified the nation. This film is based on Truman Capote's hauntingly detailed, psychologically penetrating nonfiction novel. While in prison, Dick Hickock, 20, hears a cell-mate's story about $10,000 in cash kept in a home safe by a prosperous rancher. When he's paroled, Dick persuades ex-con Perry Smith, also 20, to join him in going after the stash. On a November night in 1959, Dick and Perry break into the Holcomb, Kansas, house of Herb Clutter. Enraged at finding no safe, they wake the sleeping family and brutally kill them all. The bodies are found by two friends who come by before Sunday church. The murders shock the small Great Plains town, where doors are routinely left unlocked. Detective Alvin Dewey of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation heads the case, but there are no clues, no apparent motive and no suspects...

character: Agent Alvin Dewey

original_name: In Cold Blood

Alcatraz

overview: A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist, investigate the shocking reappearance of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners, fifty years after they supposedly vanished.

character: Emerson Hauser

original_name: Alcatraz

The Movies That Made Us

overview: These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.

original_name: The Movies That Made Us

To the Ends of the Earth

overview: From Nobel Laureate William Golding's (Lord of the Flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of an ambitious British aristocrat, humbled by the lives of his fellow passengers, as he embarks on an ocean voyage for Australia where he is to be an official in the colonial government.

character: Mr. Prettiman

original_name: To the Ends of the Earth

Peaky Blinders

overview: A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

character: C.I. Chester Campbell

original_name: Peaky Blinders

Merlin

overview: A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.

original_name: Merlin

Crusoe

overview: Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and taught English.

character: Jeremiah Blackthorn

original_name: Crusoe

Old School

overview: Ted McCabe, a retired cop, and Lennie Cahill a retired crim, get together to solve crimes, unravel scams and make some  cash, while avoiding the wrath of the police and the underworld.

character: Ted McCabe

original_name: Old School

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

overview: A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

original_name: The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Australian Story

overview: Putting the "real" back into reality television, Australian Story is an award-winning documentary series with no narrator and no agendas — just authentic stories told entirely in people's own words.

original_name: Australian Story

And Then There Were None

overview: Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts -- the improbably named Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen -- the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilization. Very soon, the guests, each struggling with their conscience, will start to die -- one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys' -- a rhyme that hangs in every room of the house and ends with the most terrifying words of all: '... and then there were none.

character: General John MacArthur

original_name: And Then There Were None

Ice

overview: It is 2020. The destructive effects of global warming cause unimaginable devastation and panic worldwide. The human race finds itself contemplating the dawn of a new ice age.

character: Anthony Kavanagh

original_name: Ice

origin_country: US GB NZ

Invasion

overview: Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.

character: Jim Bell Tyson

original_name: Invasion

name: Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story

overview: Trial in the Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story explores the case that has figured in Australia's collective consciousness since 1980 when a dingo took Chamberlain's defenseless baby in a random horrific attack. But it quickly turned into more than that, resulting in the trial of the century and Australia's most notorious miscarriage of justice. Through interviews with Chamberlain, her children, and eyewitnesses today, archival footage and broadcasts, and – for the first time – access to Chamberlain's personal archive of family stills, movies, audio recordings, and letters, the series is a compelling universal story that still resonates today.

original_name: Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story

Rove

overview: Rove, formerly Rove Live, was an Australian television variety show which premiered on the Nine Network on 22 September 1999, before moving to Network Ten which aired the program from 2000 until November, 2009. The show was hosted by comedian Rove McManus, and featured an ensemble cast, who presented various segments throughout the course of the show. The show won the Logie Award for "Most Popular Light Entertainment Program" five times.

original_name: Rove

House of Hancock

overview: House of Hancock tells the epic true story of the Hancock dynasty and the bizarre love triangle that emerged between Lang, his daughter Gina, and his beautiful Filipina housekeeper Rose.

character: Lang Hancock

original_name: House of Hancock

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

overview: Isolated since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand’s wildlife has been left to its own devices, with surprising consequences. Its ancient forests are still stalked by predators from the Jurassic era. It’s also one of the most geologically active countries on earth. From Kiwis with their giant eggs, to forest-dwelling penguins and helicopter-riding sheep dogs, meet the astonishing creatures and resilient people who must rise to the challenges of their beautiful, dramatic and demanding home.

character: Narrator (voice)

original_name: New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

Tutankhamun

overview: The remarkable story of the chance meeting that transformed penniless, ostracised archaeologist Howard Carter into a household name following his discovery of the tomb of the boy-king, Tutankhamun.

House of Bond

overview: The rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of controversial business tycoon Alan Bond – a man with an insatiable appetite for the excesses of life: women, fame, money, crime and everything in between. A man who inspired a nation to believe in itself and made its people feel that anything, no matter how impossible, could be achieved. But he was a man whose dreams were built with other people’s money.

The Governor

overview: Historical television series about Sir George Gray

Two Twisted

overview: Two Twisted is an Australian TV mystery anthology drama which premiered on the Nine Network on 14 August 2006. Narrated by Bryan Brown, who also produced the series' predecessor, Twisted Tales, each episode of the series contains two short half-hour stories, that have a twist ending. Also present in each episode is a link or connection between the two tales.

Reilly: Ace of Spies

overview: Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th-century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.

The Twelve

overview: The story of 12 ordinary Australians who are selected for jury duty in a murder trial as traumatising as it is controversial, in which a woman stands accused of killing her teenage niece.

The Real Hunt for Red October

overview: The astonishing secret events behind the Russian submarine, Red October, that went missing on March 8, 1968, taking the Soviet Union and U.S. to the brink of war.

Russell Howard Stands Up to the World

overview: The stand-up comedian performs in Denmark, New Zealand and Germany over the course of two months - one of the first people to do so since lockdown began. Between gigs he explores the countries he's visiting.

The Dovekeepers

overview: Set in ancient Israel, The Dovekeepers is based on the true events at Masada in 70 C.E. After being forced out of their home in Jerusalem by the Romans, 900 Jews were ensconced in a fortress at Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. Besieged at Masada, the Jews held out for months against the vast Roman armies. The events are recounted from the perspective of a few extraordinary women who arrive at Masada with unique backstories, but a common bond for survival. Additionally, these women, who work together daily as dovekeepers, are all concealing substantial secrets. This four-hour limited event series is based on Alice Hoffman's bestselling, critically acclaimed historical novel.

Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery

overview: Each week, Julia will invite one of Australia’s finest comics to take a trip down Memory Lane. And Memory Bus Route. And Memory Bike Path. Julia and her guest will make their way from the seat of childhood memories, the family home, through the surrounding neighbourhood and all the way to the school gate, reliving formative moments, talking about life, love and achievement, about the past, present and future. What Julia discovers about her guests will explain, well, almost everything. Time-travelling guests Carl Barron, Noeline Brown, John Safran, Alan Brough and Shane Jacobson will share with Julia where they stacked their first bike, stole their first kiss and learned the art of a withering comeback.

Flack

overview: Robyn, the sharp and witty publicity maven, is an expert at her craft but a complete self-saboteur when it comes to her personal life. Robyn’s work as a crisis PR strategist is fast-paced and unpredictable, as she counsels high-profile personalities in entertainment, fashion and sports.

The Sullivans

overview: The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives. It was a consistent ratings success in Australia, and also became popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Gibraltar and New Zealand.

Anika Moa Unleashed

overview: Anika's on the loose again, ready to go deep and laugh hard with well-known Kiwis. Her infectious honesty opens the hearts of all she meets - and before they know it, they've shared their deepest secrets!

Iron Road

overview: Iron Road follows the journey of Little Tiger (Sun Li), a child whose quest for her long-lost father takes her from a fireworks factory in China to a remote construction camp in the Rockies. Lured by the myth of 'Gum San' - Gold Mountain - she and her countrymen come to Canada by the thousands to do the back-breaking work of blasting through the mountains to lay track. She soon learns that railroads only bring fortune to the few and that every mile of track is purchased with fear and death. As treachery and prejudice threaten her, Little Tiger must use her wits and courage to fulfill her quest and honour her friends who died in this foreign land.

name: The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook

overview: History is taking to the seas and walking in the footsteps of Captain James Cook. 250 years after Cook began his epic exploration of the Pacific, Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, The Piano) journeys in his wake uncovering stories that resonate from those times on both sides of the beach. Sam begins with a disclaimer – he is merely an actor – but the story of Cook, and the impact he has had on the Pacific in the 250 years since his first voyage, has always fascinated him.

original_name: The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook

The Kelly Clarkson Show

overview: Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.

UNTAMED

overview: In the vast expanse of Yosemite National Park, a woman's death draws a federal agent into lawless terrain — where nature obeys no rules but its own.

Apples Never Fall

overview: Follow the Delaneys, who from the outside appear to be an enviably contented family. Former tennis coaches Joy and Stan are parents to four adult children. After fifty years of marriage, they have finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. But after Joy disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ marriage and their family history with fresh eyes.

Lucinda Brayford

overview: Based on the novel by Martin Boyd (1946) this miniseries tells the story of many generations of a family who migrate from England to Australia and eventually back to England, suffering poverty and becoming social climbers. The family's social ambitions lead to conflicts between Lucinda and her parents over the attentions of Tony Duff. She therefore marries wealthy Englishman Hugo Brayford and moves to England with him. A series of failures and adulterous episodes in England lead to her experience of "geographical schizophrenia" and personality disintegration.

Strong Medicine

overview: A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

overview: Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38 year love affair, spanning an ocean, ultimately producing children, grandchildren, and lots of controversy.

The Assembly

overview: Australia's most renowned interviewer, Leigh Sales, mentors Autistic journalism students as they learn their craft and interview well known Australian personalities.

Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story

overview: 40 years after Azaria Chamberlain’s disappearance, Lindy Chamberlain and her children speak exclusively and in detail, about that harrowing night and the devastating years that followed. From the hatred and discrimination the family endured to Lindy’s years in prison, nothing is off limits in this powerful and moving documentary.

Family Pictures

overview: Nina Eberlin comes home to visit her now-divorced parents and while looking through a family photo album revisits her childhood and her brother Randall's autism diagnosis, and how it effected the family.

Kane & Abel

overview: Polish immigrant Abel Rosnovski and Boston banker William Lowell Kane are two men born on the same day, and whose lifelong rivalry shapes their empires and families over decades. Their contrasting paths from poverty and wealth lead to a destructive, decades-long feud for power.

Film '72

overview: The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.

Deutsch

biography:
Nigel James Dermot Samuel „Sam“ Neill, KNZM, OBE, (* 14. September 1947 in Omagh, Nordirland, Vereinigtes Königreich) ist ein neuseeländischer Schauspieler, Regisseur, Drehbuchautor und Winzer.

Er begann früh, als Schauspieler zu arbeiten, und war für die Zealand National Film Unit sechs Jahre lang als Regisseur und Drehbuchautor tätig. Populär wurde er durch Filme wie Jagd auf Roter Oktober (Tom Clancy Buchverfilmung, 1990), Das Piano (1993), Jurassic Park (1993) oder Merlin (1998).

Français

biography:
Sam Neill, né Nigel John Dermot Neill, le 14 septembre 1947 à Omagh dans le Comté de Tyrone en Irlande du Nord, est un acteur néo-zélandais d'origine anglaise notamment connu pour avoir joué le rôle d'Alan Grant dans le 1er et le 3e opus de Jurassic Park.

Il se fait remarquer dans Ma brillante carrière en 1979, et en 1981 dans Possession, puis se voit récompenser de l'AFI Award du meilleur acteur pour Un cri dans la nuit en 1988.

Il obtient une reconnaissance critique et publique en 1993 pour ses rôles dans La Leçon de piano de Jane Campion, et surtout Jurassic Park de Steven Spielberg, qui lui vaut une notoriété internationale.

Il apparait dans À la poursuite d'Octobre rouge en 1990, L'Homme qui murmurait à l'oreille des chevaux en 1998 et The Hunter en 2011.

À la télévision, il joue dans les séries Merlin en 1998, Les Tudors en 2007 et Peaky Blinders en 2013.

Polski

biography: Sam Neill, urodzony w 14 września 1947 roku, w Irlandii Północnej, dzieciństwo spędził w Nowej Zelandii. Pierwsze kroki w kierunku zawodu aktora skierowały go na deski teatru, udzielał się także w charakterze realizatora filmów dokumentalnych. W świecie filmu zadebiutował w 1977 roku w dramacie "Śpiące psy", lecz prawdziwe uznanie przyniosła mu dopiero rola Harry'go Beechama w "Mojej wspaniałej karierze" z 1979 roku. Szerszej publiczności dał się poznać, przyjmując główna rolę w trzeciej części kultowego "Omena". W 1981 roku przeprowadził się do Londynu. W tym czasie zagrał w kilku europejskich produkcjach, min: "Posession" (1981) Andrzeja Żuławskiego, "Z dalekiego kraju" Krzysztofa Zanussiego. W 1990 roku otrzymał jedną z głównych ról obok Seana Connery'go w filmie "Polowanie na Czerwony Październik". W 1993 Steven Spielberg zaangażował go do superprodukcji "Park Jurajski", gdzie jako paleontolog dr Alan Grant musiał stawić czoło zabójczym dinozaurom. Po ogromnym sukcesie pierwszej części, Neill wziął udział także w kontynuacji obrazu. W 1998 roku Robert Redford obsadził go w roli Roberta MacLeana w swoim filmie "Zaklinacz koni". W tym czasie również pracował nad telewizyjną produkcją fantasy - "Merlin". Rola legendarnego czarodzieja przyniosła mu nominacje do nagrody Emmy i Złotego Globu. W "Człowieku przyszłości" z 1999 roku zagrał u boku Robina Williamsa. Sam Neill do tej pory zagrał w wielu bardzo różnorodnych produkcjach, zarówno w komercyjnych jak i niezależnych, co umożliwiło mu zdobycie statusu aktora nad wyraz charakterystycznego i wszechstronnego.

Português

biography: Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (nascido em 14 de setembro de 1947) é um ator neozelandês. Ele é talvez mais conhecido por seu papel principal como o paleontólogo Dr. Alan Grant em Jurassic Park e Jurassic Park III. Ele também teve uma série de papéis de alto perfil, incluindo: o papel principal em Reilly, Ace of Spies, o adulto Damien em Omen III: The Final Conflict, Merlin na minissérie Merlin, Capitão Vasily Borodin em The Hunt for Red October, Lord Friedrich Hoffman em Branca de Neve: Um Conto de Terror e Alisdair Stewart em O Piano. Mais recentemente, ele interpretou o cardeal Thomas Wolsey na produção da Peace Arch Entertainment.

Español

biography:
Nigel John Dermot «Sam» Neill (Omagh, Irlanda del Norte; 14 de septiembre de 1947), es un actor neozelandés nacido en Irlanda del Norte, Reino Unido. Conocido por su papel de Damien Thorn en Omen III: The Final Conflict (La profecía III) y de Alan Grant en Parque Jurásico. Posee nacionalidad británica, irlandesa y neozelandesa, pero se identifica principalmente como neozelandés.

Neill es conocido por protagonizar y coprotagonizar películas de alto presupuesto, incluyendo Calma total (1989), La caza del Octubre Rojo (1990), Memorias de un hombre invisible (1992), El Piano (1993), En la boca del miedo (1994), Sirenas (1994), Parque Jurásico (1993), Horizonte final (1997), El Hombre Bicentenario (1999), La luna en directo (2000) y Parque Jurásico III (2001).

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普通话

山姆·尼尔

biography: 山姆·尼尔出生于英国北爱尔兰，8岁时全家移民新西兰，求学时代在英国坎特布里大学主修英国文学，毕业后随“五人巡回剧团”做了一年表演。70年代初往影坛发展，并加入新西兰影片制作公司，边演边导，在剪接方面也有涉猎。1979年在成名作《我的璀璨生涯》推出后，他又往英国发展，曾当选1983年英国电视最佳男演员。1992年随着《侏罗纪公园》卖座及《钢琴师和她的情人》扬威戛纳，使他的声势也跟着水涨船高。2001年他再度以同一角色演出《侏罗纪公园3》。

العربية

سام نيل

biography: ممثل ومنتج ومخرج بريطاني، ولد في 14 سبتمبر عام 1947 في تيرون بشمال أيرلندا بالمملكة المتحدة. اشتهر بشخصية د. آلان [رانت في سلسلة (Jurassic Park). درس الأدب الإنجليزي في جامعة كانتربيري. من أعماله (The Piano) و(And Then There Were None) و(Hunt for the Wilderpeople).

Deutsch

biography:
Sir Nigel John Dermot „Sam“ Neill, KNZM, OBE (* 14. September 1947 in Omagh, Nordirland, Vereinigtes Königreich) ist ein neuseeländischer Schauspieler, Regisseur, Drehbuchautor und Winzer.

Geboren als Sohn einer Soldatenfamilie in Nordirland, die 1954 nach Neuseeland zurückzog, besuchte Neill die regulären Schulen und die Universität, wo er einen Abschluss in englischer Literatur machte. Er begann früh, als Schauspieler zu arbeiten, und war für die Zealand National Film Unit sechs Jahre lang als Regisseur und Drehbuchautor tätig. In den 1970er-Jahren übernahm er erste Film- und Fernsehrollen, einem breiteren Publikum in Australien und Ozeanien wurde er erstmals durch Meine brillante Karriere (1979) bekannt.

In den 1980er-Jahren folgten erste Engagements in Europa und den USA. So spielte er 1981 die Hauptrolle in dem deutsch-französischen Horrorfilm Possession (1981). Seinen höchsten Bekanntheitsgrad erzielte er in den 1990er-Jahren, als er in Steven Spielbergs Welterfolg Jurassic Park (1993) die Hauptrolle des Paläontologen Dr. Alan Grant verkörperte. Diese Rolle spielte er nochmals 2001 in der Fortsetzung Jurassic Park III und in Jurassic World: Ein neues Zeitalter, die im Juni 2022 in die Kinos kam. Populär wurde er außerdem durch Filme wie die Tom-Clancy-Buchverfilmung Jagd auf Roter Oktober (1990) oder das vielfach ausgezeichnete Liebesdrama Das Piano (1993), in dem er entgegen seinen sonst eher sanftmütigen Rollen eine ambivalente Figur spielte. Er spielte auch Hauptrollen in vielen Fernsehproduktionen, beispielsweise in der Fantasyserie Merlin (1998) oder in der Krimireihe Peaky Blinders – Gangs of Birmingham (2013–2014).

Neill hat einen Sohn mit der Schauspielkollegin Lisa Harrow, eine Tochter mit der Maskenbildnerin Noriko Watanabe und eine Stieftochter. Seit 2017 ist er mit der Journalistin und Autorin Laura Tingle liiert. Seit 1993 ist er Inhaber der Two Paddocks Ltd., eines kleinen, in Otago (Neuseeland) ansässigen Familienunternehmens, das Weine herstellt.

In seiner im März 2023 erschienenen Autobiografie Did I Ever Tell You This? (deutsch: Hab ich Dir das je erzählt?) gab Neill bekannt, dass er sich seit März 2022 einer Chemotherapie unterziehen muss, nachdem bei ihm ein Angioimmunoblastisches T-Zell-Lymphom (ein Non-Hodgkin-Lymphom) diagnostiziert wurde.

Sein deutscher Synchronsprecher ist überwiegend Wolfgang Condrus.

Magyar

biography:
Nigel John Dermot „Sam” Neill DCNZM, OBE (Omagh, 1947. szeptember 14. –)) Golden Globe-díjra jelölt új-zélandi televíziós- és filmszínész.

Neill Észak-Írországban született, a Tyrone megyei Omagh-ban Nigel John Dermot Neill néven, a Harrow és Sandhursti Királyi Katonai Akadémia iskolákat végzett, harmadik generációs új-zélandi Dermot Neill katonatiszt apa és Priscilla Beatrice Ingham angol anya második gyermekeként. Bátyját Michaelnek hívják. Születésekor apja Észak-Írországban állomásozott az Ír Gárdával. A Neilleké volt Új-Zéland legnagyobb italkereskedése, a Neill and Co.

Neill hétévesen, 1954-ben tért vissza családjával Új-Zélandra, ahol a Christ's College anglikán fiúiskolára járt, Christchurchben. Ezt követően a Canterbury Egyetemen tanult angol irodalmat, s itt ismerkedett meg a színészettel. Ez idő alatt az egyetem kollégiumában lakott és a Chief Castigator and Crime Crusher (CCACC) pozícióját töltötte be. A Canterbury után a wellingtoni Victoria Egyetem következett, ahol Bachelor of Arts diplomát szerzett angol irodalomból.

A Sam nevet már az iskolában is használta, egyrészt mivel többeket, köztük legjobb barátját is Nigelnek hívták, másrészt mert több, a Nigel névhez fűződő pejoratív kifejezés is gyakorta használatos volt Új-Zélandon, s el akarta kerülni, hogy ezek céltáblájává váljon. Gyermekként Neill dadogott, amit lánya is örökölt tőle, de hozzá hasonlóan idővel kinőtte.

Pусский

Сэм Нилл

biography:
💥Найджел Джон Дермот Нилл, более известный как Сэм Нилл. Родился в 1947-ом году в Оме, Великобритания. Рос в семье со старшим братом. Отец работал офицером британской армии, а мать была домохозяйкой. Учился в Университете Кентербери в Новой Зеландии. Работает актёром, режиссёром и продюсером. Дважды женат: на актрисе Лизе Харроу (родился сын Тим) и на гримёре Норико Ватанабэ (родилась дочь Елена). Также у него есть сын Эндрю от отношений в молодости. Свою текущую личную жизнь предпочитает держать в тайне

🏆Главные награды🏆: Australian Institute Awards (1980) [Моя блестящая карьера]

🎬Главные проекты🎬: «Парк Юрского периода» (1993), «Моя блестящая карьера» (1979), «Сквозь горизонт» (1997), «В глуши» (2025), «Вторжение» (2021)

⭐Интересный факт⭐: Найджел использует сценическое имя "Сэм"

普通话

森·尼爾

biography: 森·尼爾出生於英國北愛爾蘭，8 歲時全家移民紐西蘭，求學時代在英國坎特布裏大學主修英國文學，畢業後隨“五人巡迴劇團”做了一年表演。70 年代初往影壇發展，並加入紐西蘭影片製作公司，邊演邊導，在剪接方面也有涉獵。1979 年在成名作《我的璀璨生涯》推出後，他又往英國發展，曾當選 1983 年英國電視最佳男演員。1992 年隨著《侏羅紀公園》賣座及《鋼琴師和她的情人》揚威戛納，使他的聲勢也跟著水漲船高。2001 年他再度以同一角色演出《侏羅紀公園 3》。

Italiano

biography:
Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (nato il 14 settembre 1947) è un attore neozelandese. La sua carriera ha incluso ruoli da protagonista sia in drammi che in blockbuster. Considerato un "protagonista internazionale", è considerato uno degli attori più versatili della sua generazione.

Nato in Irlanda del Nord da madre inglese e padre neozelandese, Neill si trasferì a Christchurch con la sua famiglia nel 1954. Ha ottenuto il riconoscimento per la prima volta con la sua apparizione nel film Sleeping Dogs (1977), a cui ha seguito ruoli da protagonista in La mia brillante carriera (1979), Omen III: The Final Conflict, Possession (entrambi del 1981), Evil Angels (noto anche come A Cry in the Dark) (1988), Dead Calm (1989), Caccia a Ottobre Rosso (1990), The Piano (1993) e In the Mouth of Madness (1994). È salito alla ribalta internazionale come il dottor Alan Grant in Jurassic Park (1993), riprendendo il ruolo in Jurassic Park III (2001) e Jurassic World Dominion (2022).

Al di fuori del cinema, Neill è apparso in numerose serie televisive in ruoli ospiti e ricorrenti, tra cui Reilly, L'asso delle spie (1983), I Simpson (1994), I Tudor (2007), Crusoe (2008-2010), Happy Town (2010), Alcatraz (2012) e Rick and Morty (2019). Ha anche interpretato il personaggio titolare Merlino in Merlino (1998) e L'apprendista di Merlino (2006) e il maggiore Chester Campbell nelle prime due serie di Peaky Blinders (2013-2014). Ha presentato e narrato diversi documentari.

Neill riceve l'AACTA Award come miglior attore protagonista, il Longford Lyell Award, il New Zealand Film Award e il Logie Award come miglior attore. Ha anche tre nomination ai Golden Globe e due ai Primetime Emmy Award. Ha vinto il Silver Logie come attore più popolare ai Logies 2023.

Türkçe

biography:
Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill, 14 Eylül 1947 tarihinde Omagh, Kuzey İrlanda'da dünyaya gelmiştir. İngiliz ordusunda görevli bir babanın oğlu olan Neill, 1954 yılında ailesiyle birlikte Yeni Zelanda'ya taşındı ve Christchurch şehrinde büyüdü. Üniversite yıllarında İngiliz Edebiyatı eğitimi alırken oyunculuğa ilgi duymaya başladı. Kariyerine Yeni Zelanda Ulusal Film Birimi'nde belgesel yönetmeni ve oyuncu olarak adım atan Neill, ilk büyük çıkışını Yeni Zelanda yapımı politik gerilim filmi "Sleeping Dogs" (1977) ile gerçekleştirdi. Bu filmdeki performansı, Avustralyalı yönetmenlerin dikkatini çekti ve Judy Davis ile başrolü paylaştığı "My Brilliant Career" (1979) filmiyle uluslararası arenada tanınmaya başladı.

1980'lerin başında Hollywood'a geçiş yapan aktör, "Omen III: The Final Conflict" (1981) filminde Deccal Damien Thorn rolünü üstlenerek ilk büyük başrolünü aldı. Aynı yıl Andrzej Żuławski'nin kült psikolojik korku filmi "Possession"da (1981) sergilediği yoğun performansla eleştirmenlerin takdirini kazandı. 80'ler boyunca "Dead Calm" (1989) ve "A Cry in the Dark" (1988) gibi gerilim ve drama ağırlıklı yapımlarda rol alarak çok yönlü bir oyuncu olduğunu kanıtladı. "Kızıl Ekim" (The Hunt for Red October) (1990) filmindeki Rus subayı rolüyle de gişe sinemasındaki yerini sağlamlaştırdı.

Ancak Sam Neill'ın kariyerindeki zirve noktası ve onu dünya çapında bir ikon haline getiren yıl 1993 oldu. Steven Spielberg'in yönettiği, sinema tarihinin en yüksek hasılatlı filmlerinden biri olan "Jurassic Park"ta (1993) paleontolog Dr. Alan Grant karakterini canlandırdı. Bu rol, onun adını macera ve bilimkurgu sinemasına altın harflerle yazdırdı. Aynı yıl, Jane Campion'ın Oscar ödüllü başyapıtı "Piyano"da (The Piano) (1993) da rol alarak, hem ticari hem de sanatsal sinemada ne kadar başarılı olabileceğini gösterdi.

Kariyeri boyunca türler arasında başarıyla geçiş yapan Neill, John Carpenter'ın "Çılgınlığın Ötesinde" (In the Mouth of Madness) (1994) ve kült bilimkurgu "Ufuk Faciası" (Event Horizon) (1997) gibi filmlerle korku türünün de unutulmaz yüzlerinden biri oldu. 2000'lerde televizyon dünyasında da etkileyici işlere imza attı; "Merlin" (1998) mini dizisindeki başrolü ve özellikle "Peaky Blinders" (2013-2014) dizisindeki Müfettiş Campbell rolüyle yeni nesil izleyicilerin de beğenisini kazandı. Taika Waititi'nin yönettiği "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" (2016) ile köklerine dönen aktör, "Jurassic World Dominion" (2022) ile efsanevi Alan Grant rolünü tekrar canlandırdı. Oyunculuğunun yanı sıra şarapçılığa olan tutkusuyla bilinen Neill, Yeni Zelanda'daki "Two Paddocks" adlı ödüllü şarap bağlarının sahibidir.

български език

Сам Нийл

biography: Сър Найджъл Джон Дърмът „Сам“ Нийл (роден на 14 септември 1947 г.) е виден новозеландски актьор роден в Северна Ирландия, известен с ролята на д-р Алън Грант в „Джурасик парк“. С кариера обхващаща над пет десетилетия, той е смятан за един от най-универсалните актьори, участвайки в блокбастъри като „Ловът на Червения октомври“ (1990) и критично оценени филми като „Пианото“ (1993).

also_known_as:
山姆·尼尔
萨姆·尼尔
سم نیل
Nigel Neill
山姆·尼爾
Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill

title: Jurassic Park III

overview: In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.

title: The Horse Whisperer

overview: The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

title: The Revengers' Comedies

overview: After saving each other from jumping off a bridge, Henry Bell and Karen Knightly plot to avenge the people who drove them to suicide. Henry will ruin the life of the woman who married Karen's boyfriend, while Karen will work as a secretary for the man who took Henry's job. Whether revenge will be sweet – or bittersweet – is anyone's guess.

title: The Piano

overview: When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

title: The Hunt for Red October

overview: A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!

title: Bicentennial Man

overview: Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.

title: Until the End of the World

overview: In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.

title: In the Mouth of Madness

overview: An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.

title: Memoirs of an Invisible Man

overview: After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

title: Assassin Club

overview: In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other.

title: The Jungle Book

overview: Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a place only Mowgli can find.

title: The Final Conflict

overview: Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.

title: The French Revolution

overview: A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.

title: Dead Calm

overview: An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.

title: Enigma

overview: Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.

title: The Blood of Others

overview: In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.

title: The Dish

overview: A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic images of man's first steps on the moon.

title: Possession

overview: A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

title: Ice

overview: It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the Greenland Glacier are causing it to melt. Archer's warnings are ignored, so he heads to the Arctic to find indisputable evidence. Upon arrival, he realizes humankind is under immediate threat, and races home to save his family. The glacier collapses, with devastating consequences. Astonishing weather patterns emerge and plunge the world's temperatures into steep decline.

title: Dirty Deeds

overview: Set in 1960s Sydney, this is the story of an Australian gangster whose booming business, buoyed by the influx of U.S. soldiers in town for R&R during their tours in Vietnam, attracts the attention of first the Chicago mafia, and then their East Coast competitors.

title: Angel

overview: Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.

title: Wimbledon

overview: Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, the journeyman veteran has watched his number slip to 119 as his confidence on the court slowly ebbs away.  Now, on the eve of his leaving the world of professional tennis, he’s granted a wild card, allowing him to play his final Wimbledon tournament…make that his final tournament ever.

title: Event Horizon

overview: In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.

title: Yes

overview: She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.

title: Forgotten Silver

overview: The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

title: Snow White: A Tale of Terror

overview: When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of all living things.  After escaping an attempt on her life, Lili finds herself lost in a dark forest, where living happily ever after seems unlikely.

title: The Magic Pudding

overview: Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight off the bungled attempts of pudding thieves, Possum and Wombat, and try to solve the mystery of Bunyip's parents' disappearance.

title: Under the Mountain

overview: Teenage twins battle dark forces hidden beneath Auckland's volcanoes.

title: Children of the Revolution

overview: A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.

title: Sirens

overview: In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.

title: Little Fish

overview: Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.

title: Evil Angels

overview: Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.

title: Restoration

overview: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.

title: Plenty

overview: David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

title: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

overview: When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

original_title: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

title: Perfect Strangers

overview: When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his ‘castle’- a rundown shack on a deserted island. But when seduction becomes deception and passion becomes possession, Melanie realizes that she has been kidnapped. Torn between fear and desire, Melanie must escape – but her ardent admirer has other plans.

title: Framed

overview: New York detective Mike Santini is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers a fugitive from justice who might be the key witness in a high profile case involving money laundering. Santini plays a major role in capturing Meyers which prompts the wiley criminal to request Santini to be the interrogating officer. The two size each other up in the interrogation room in a thriller that provides a number of unexpected twists.

title: Skin

overview: Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

title: Attack Force Z

overview: Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.

title: Sleeping Dogs

overview: Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.

title: Death in Brunswick

overview: A reserved man in need of a job, Carl Fitzgerald finds employment at a Greek restaurant. Upon meeting waitress Sophie, Carl begins dating the attractive woman. Though it seems things are improving for Carl, an unexpected situation leads to the death of Mustafa, a shady coworker, and Carl must figure out how to cover up the incident. Unsure of what to do, Carl enlists the help of his buddy, Dave, to get rid of Mustafa's corpse.

title: One Against the Wind

overview: Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.

title: Victory

overview: Axel Heyst is an American recluse with a dubious past living in the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya circa 1913. Staying in a German hotel there, Heyst becomes entranced with a member of the hotel's all-female orchestra.

title: My Brilliant Career

overview: A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

title: In Her Skin

overview: Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.

title: Ivanhoe

overview: Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England.

title: Gallipoli

overview: The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial & devastating, it changed the face of battle forever. Using diaries, letters, photographs and memoirs, acclaimed director, Tolga Ornek, traces the personal journeys of Australian, New Zealand, British and Turkish soldiers, from innocence and patriotism to hardship and heartbreak.

title: Dean Spanley

overview: Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.

title: Irresistible

overview: A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.

title: Daybreakers

overview: In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.

title: Bring Him to Me

overview: Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, a getaway driver must battle his conscience and drive an unsuspecting crew member to an ambush execution. There is a long drive ahead.

title: The Hunter

overview: Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.

title: The Vow

overview: Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

title: Robbery Under Arms

overview: Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.

title: The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

overview: This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Jurassic Park," one of the 90's biggest hits and a milestone in special effects development. Narrated by James Earl Jones, it includes footage of the filming process, as well as interviews with director Steven Spielberg, and other members of the cast and crew, who give their insights into what it was like working together on this project and the efforts it took to bring the film to completion.

title: Hunt's Duffer

overview: After prospector Albert Hunt (Ron Burt) registers a gold claim near Ōkārito, he finds himself accompanied by hundreds of fellow miners — who refuse to let Hunt out of their sights, as he returns to the site via water-logged forests and beaches. The darkly poetic tale of what men can do after they smell gold was partly shot on location on the West Coast. The opening features Sam Neill and Close to Home veteran Tony Curran, among Hunt's fireside colleagues.

title: The City of No

overview: Two men's friendship has been weakened by their contrasting approaches to life. Bob (Jeremy Stephens) has left his wife to paint pictures of a lover (Shirley Gruar) who is much younger than him. Lawyer Graham (Bill Johnson, who later played Mr Wilberforce in Under the Mountain) is the voice of reason, trying to convince Bob to quit his bohemian lifestyle. But is Graham really acting in his mate's best interests?

title: The Good Wife

overview: In pre-WWII Australia, a love triangle develops between a man, his wife and the man's brother.

title: Escape Plan

overview: Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

title: A Long Way Down

overview: Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a failed musician—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They become media sensations as the Topper House Four and search together for reasons to keep on living.

title: Country Life

overview: Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-law Alexander as a (supposedly brilliant) literary critic in London. Action begins when Alexander returns with his beautiful young wife Deborah, revealing himself as an arrogant failure and wanting to sell the farm out from under Jack. Blakemore introduces themes about Australia's separation from England, as well as expanding the pacifist and ecological philosophies espoused by the local Doctor Max Askey.

title: Numero Bruno

overview: Numero Bruno is a warts and all biography of widely popular actor, musician and counter-cultural hero Bruno Lawrence. Lawrence's intense, charismatic screen presence was key to ground-breaking Kiwi films, Smash Palace, The Quiet Earth and Utu. Directed by Steve La Hood, this documentary features interviews with family and friends, and liberal excerpts from Lawrence's film and musical work, including performances by 70s alternative Aotearoa icons Blerta and clips showcasing his seminal collaborations with Geoff Murphy.

title: Iron Road

overview: A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.

title: From a Far Country

overview: This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a poisonous thorn in the communists' side. His deer reverence and commitment return him to Poland as Pope John Paul II.

title: Stiff

overview: An amusing and entertaining film, "Stiff" showcases David Wenham as Murray Whelan, political fixer and amateur investigator. An adaption of a Shane Moloney book it provides a view into the political workings (or lack thereof) of a Brunswick (Melbourne, Australia) Local Member's office.

title: The Making of Sleeping Dogs

overview: Director Roger Donaldson's 1977 movie of CK Stead novel Smith's Dream helped spark a new wave of Kiwi cinema. Getting there was a cash-strapped, bare-knuckle ride. In this documentary cast and crew recall a communal film set that was "constantly on the go" as they pulled together drama, car chases, and gun battles using mainly ingenuity.

title: My Mother Frank

overview: When a meddlesome mother enrolls in university with her son, old and new worlds collide with awesome consequences.

title: Submerged

overview: A moment by moment account of the sinking and rescue of the crew of the submarine USS Squalus which was the first rescue of living crew on a submarine.

title: Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

title: The Zookeeper

overview: Jonah Ludovic is a custodian at a small municipal zoo.  After a night of heavy shelling Ludovic arrives at his job to find the staff abandoning the zoo. He joins a skeleton crew that includes an elderly guard and a veterinarian. Their purpose: to keep the animals alive until help arrives from an international zoological mission.

title: The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

overview: Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artefact that grants limitless wealth—but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the Curse of the Midas Box.

original_title: The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

title: Voice Activated

overview: A florist with a stutter is forced to cooperate with a voice activated car on the way to an important delivery.

title: The Pixar Story

overview: A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.

title: Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World

overview: Join the cast of "Jurassic World Dominion" as they relive their favorite unforgettable, action-packed and epic moments from the "Jurassic World" franchise.

original_title: Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World

title: Cowboys of Culture

overview: Director Geoff Steven's personal perspective on the Kiwi cinema renaissance of the 1970s. It traces the development of the local film industry from the ‘she'll be right' days when filming permits were unknown, and all that was needed to get a picture up were a Bolex camera, enthusiasm and ingenuity.

title: The Making Of  Jurassic Park III

overview: A very in depth look at the making of the movie, a look at the special effects and animatronics made for the motion picture, Jurassic Park III (2001). Interviews with the cast and crew give us a sneak peek at the film. The movie used many different new dinosaurs compared to the first two films, here they examine how they'll look in the final product

title: For Love Alone

overview: Teresa is a spirited young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of 1930s society, and her father in particular. She fancies her poverty-stricken Latin tutor Johnathan Crow, without realising he merely considers her a pleasant diversion and nothing more, and eventually follows him from Sydney to London. En route she meets the gentle banker James Quick. Whilst navigating her relationships in London, including with a political poet bound for the Spanish Civil War, she experiences a transformation in her understanding of love. Based upon Christina Stead's best-selling Australian novel.

title: Thor: Love and Thunder

overview: After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.

title: United Passions

overview: An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men who created it. Driven by their vision and passion, three men, overcame their doubts and fought obstacles and scandals to make the World Cup a reality. Spanning the tumultuous 20th Century, this timeless saga celebrates the event that became the most popular sporting event in the world.

title: Shadow of China

overview: A Chinese immigrant tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism.

title: The Rainbow Warrior

overview: Peter Wilcox, as skipper of the 'Rainbow Warrior', a  Greenpeace ship, docks in Auckland, July 1985, preparing for a  protest against French nuclear testing in the south pacific. When  a bomb rips open the vessel, killing a crew member, he must  convince the police superintendent that this is an act of terrorism. Determined not to allow outside forces to threaten  their harbor, the police embark on a pursuit of the persons  responsible. The events that follow nearly bring down an allied  nation's government.

title: Scarygirl

overview: As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.

title: Fever

overview: Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do with him. When she's kidnapped by Ray's former associates, he and Elliott must team up to save the woman they love.

title: Hostage

overview: A weary British spy retreats to a Buenos Aires hotel and recalls his last dirty job, complete with lover.

title: Voyage of the Nautilus

overview: A photographic journey compiled from journals, archival footage and photographs of an Australian military photographer, Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1931 as he went from New York to the North Pole in an old WWI submarine to explore the Arctic Ocean. Included on dvd are a brief history of the submarine and photographic gallery of Wilkins.

title: Backtrack

overview: Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making.

title: The Daughter

overview: In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with his childhood friend Oliver, who has stayed in town working at Henry’s timber mill and is now out of a job. As Christian gets to know Oliver’s wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father Walter, he discovers a secret that could tear Oliver’s family apart.

title: Why Anzac with Sam Neill

overview: Sam Neill examines the enduring myths of the Anzac legend, sharing his family's war stories and uncovering forgotten truths that haunt us still today.

title: Peter Rabbit

overview: Peter Rabbit's feud with Mr. McGregor escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door.

title: Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

overview: Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad light in their book. Soon, he crosses paths with an older rabbit who ropes him into a heist.

title: MindGamers

overview: A group of young bio-engineers discover they can use quantum physics to transfer motor-skills between human brains.  Believing this to be a first step towards a new intellectual freedom, they freely distribute the technology. But as the mysterious past of one of their group is revealed, dark forces emerge that threaten to subvert this technology into a means of mass control.  DxM takes the mind-bender thriller to the next level with an immersive narrative and breath-taking action.

title: Jurassic Park

overview: A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

title: Jessica

overview: The Bergman sisters could not be more different. Jessica is a feisty tomboy who loves to help her father work their farmland. Her beautiful sister Meg is eagerly being groomed by her mother Hester (Lisa Harrow) to be the perfect wife, so that she can marry her way out of poverty. However, when the man, Jack Thomas, who Meg has set her sights on falls in love with Jessica and gets her pregnant, Hester schemes to wrench the couple apart to claim Jessica's son, Joey for Meg. Later she commits Jessica to a mental asylum. It is here that Jessica receives news of her lover's death and almost loses hope, but after enlisting the help of Mr. Runche, a down and out lawyer battling alcoholism, she is eventually released. Years later, it is the reformed Runche who gives Jessica the courage to fight for the return of her child. Eventually Meg and Hester call an uneasy truce with Jessica, and allow her to play a role in Joey's life as his aunt.

title: The Man in the Hat

overview: An affectionate portrait of a very significant human being, art-dealer Peter McLeavey who continues, after 40 years, to run his gallery in the centre of Wellington, New Zealand.

title: The Ordained

overview: About the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated.

title: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

overview: Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

title: Just Out Of Reach

overview: This short feature film begins with a suicide attempt by Cathy, and then follows by telling her story in flashbacks. Cathy is a neurotic young woman who retreats from cold British parents into an equally uncommunicative relationship with a former teacher who aspires to be a poet. Cathy's self-destructive behavior is presented as a legacy of her (British) family and past.

title: The Journalist

overview: Comedy about a womanizing journalist on a Sydney newspaper who confronts job problems and impotence in the context of Australian media and politics of the 1970's. A somewhat lesser Australian film comparable to the American film Shampoo.

title: Tommy's Honour

overview: In 1866 St Andrews, Scotland, 15-year-old Tommy Morris is an avid golfer like his legendary and pioneering father, Tom Morris, now greenskeeper for The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, as well as the town's club- and ball-maker. The two-time winner of the first major golf tournament, The Open Championship, which he founded in 1860, Old Tom also established golf's standard of 18 holes per round. But young Tommy is beginning to chafe at his father's dictates, especially in the rapidly changing world they live in. Tommy soon outshines his father, winning The Open three consecutive times.

title: Strong Medicine

overview: TV Movie  A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.

title: New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

overview: Isolated from the rest of the world since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand’s magnificent wildlife has been left to its own devices for 80 million years, with surprising consequences. This series reveals New Zealand’s rich and intriguing wildlife stories, from the bustling communities of penguins hiding away in giant daisy forests to the kakapo – Earth’s only species of flightless nocturnal parrots. New Zealand was also the last place to be discovered and settled by people who brought with them new animals, like merino sheep and new predators like the stoat. Finally the series meets the pioneering conservation heroes who are fighting to save some of its most endangered species.

title: The Commuter

overview: A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

title: SuperCroc

overview: Paleontologist Paul Sereno and reptile expert Brady Barr are doing a research on "Sarcosuchus Imperator", a 40 feet long prehistoric relative of crocodiles. The story about the creature is presented through CGI animation as well.

title: T. REX

overview: From the team behind the NSF-supported prehistoric hits Dinosaurs Alive, Titans of the Ice Age, and Dinosaurs of Antarctica comes the planet’s most famous dinosaur — the hit-maker, the headliner, the apex attraction — TYRANNOSAURUS REX.

title: Inside The Living Daylights

overview: The making of the film that introduced Timothy Dalton as James Bond, who gave Bond a darker edge for a new generation.

title: Thor: Ragnarok

overview: Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

title: David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

overview: A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us from his boyhood cinema experience of Australia in England, where he saw the first images of this strange and exotic landscape via the medium of film, to his migration to Australia as a ‘ten pound pom’ in 1963 and onto his present day reflections on the iconic themes that run through our cinematic legacy. All of this reflects a passionate engagement in a uniquely Australian medium. Parallel and at the heart of the series is the story of an industry whose growing pains David has witnessed over a lifetime. Alongside David, the protagonists of this history are the giants of Australian cinema – both behind the camera and in front of it.

title: The Making of 'Event Horizon'

overview: The Making of Event Horizon, a five-part documentary: Into the Jaws of Darkness, The Body of the Beast, Liberate Tutume Ex Infernis, The Scale to Hell, The Womb of Fear

title: Sweet Country

overview: In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.

title: Working with a Master: John Carpenter

title: Ride Like a Girl

overview: The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.

title: Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

overview: The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

title: The Country Girls

overview: The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mind.

title: Mystery Ride

overview: A woman unravels a small town conspiracy of silence surrounding the murder of a hitchhiker and falls in love with a handsome, brooding Maori guy, she increasingly fears may be the killer.

title: New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English

overview: Oft-derided across the dutch for its vowel-mangling pronunciation (sex fush'n'chups anyone?) and too fast-paced for tourists and Elton John to understand, is New Zealand's unique accent. Presented by Jim Mora, New Zild follows the evolution of New Zealand English, from the "colonial twang" to Billy T. Linguist Elizabeth Gordon explains the infamous HRT (High Rising Terminal) ending our sentences, and Mora interprets such phrases as 'air gun' (how are you going?). Features Lyn of Tawa in an accent face-off with Sam Neill and Judy Bailey.

original_title: New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English

title: Blackbird

overview: A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.

title: The Making of Daybreakers

overview: Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the 2008 science ficiton/horror film, Daybreakers featuring interviews with members of the cast and crew and delving into every aspect of the feature including early development, pre-production, production and post-production.

title: Return to Jurassic Park

overview: A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the hurricane during the shooting of the first film, and how advances in CGI for Jurassic Park helped change the world of special effects forever. All interviews for these retrospective documentaries come with comments from Spielberg, Johnston, Neill, Dern, Goldblum, the effects crews, the child actors, and Peter Stormare. This documentary is broken into six parts: Dawn of a New Era (25 min), Making Prehistory (20 min), The Next Step in Evolution (15 min), Finding the Lost World (28 min), Something Survived (16 min), and The Third Adventure (25 min).

title: The Show Must Go On

overview: The Show Must Go On is a personal journey behind the scenes that confronts the epidemic of mental health issues in the Australian entertainment industry.

title: Rams

overview: In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley—so the brothers must work together to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together.

title: Palm Beach

overview: A group of lifelong friends reunite to celebrate a special birthday, with Sydney's iconic Palm Beach providing a stunning backdrop for the unfolding drama. The good times roll, with loads of laughter, lavish meals, flowing wine and fantastic music, but slowly tensions mount and deep secrets arise.

title: Jurassic World Dominion

overview: Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.

title: Landfall

overview: Discovered to be using illegal drugs by a local policeman, the members of the commune kill him and bury him in their garden. After this pivotal event, distinctions between reality and fantasy become increasingly blurred.

title: Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story

overview: Lindy Chamberlain recounts the panic and the chaos of the night her baby Azaria was taken by a dingo at a campground near Uluru 40 years ago in a new documentary – a tragedy that would become one of the biggest stories in Australian history.

title: Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker

overview: Between a jagged cliff face and a roaring ocean, lives a colony of Australian Sea Lions. In an environment equally as harsh as it is beautiful, be immersed in a classic coming of age tale guided by one of Australia’s most unique, intelligent, and playful animals. Take an intimate journey inside the colony where a life of great intimacy, tenderness, and clumsiness, must often give way to a life of great sacrifice and bravery. Dive into the world of an endangered Australian Sea Lion pup - and meet the people that are trying to save her species.

title: Split Enz: Spellbound

overview: Sam Neill narrates this documentary plotting the career of one of Aotearoa's most successful bands: from formation by Mike Chunn, Phil Judd and Tim Finn at Auckland University in 1971 to their demise in 1984, when Neil Finn walked away. The major players talk freely about good times and bad — art rock, the wayward genius of Judd (including a rare interview), Noel Crombie’s spoon playing and costume design, hard times in England and the punk backlash, the big pop hits after Neil joined, Tim’s solo album, an obsession with paper darts, and the pre-gig ritual of One For One.

title: River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand

overview: James Nesbitt moved to New Zealand in 2011 when he landed the role of Bofur in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, but he says the country remains largely unknown to him. Travelling more than 1,000 miles from the tip of the North Island down to the South, the actor finds out more about the place he has called home, visiting areas of natural beauty and learning about the nation's history and traditions. Along the way, he meets former All Blacks player the late great Jonah Lomu, takes a trip around film star Sam Neill's vineyards in Queenstown, catches up with Peter Jackson and goes Base-jumping from the tallest building in Auckland.

original_title: River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand

title: Architect Athfield

overview: Examines the practical philosophy, the achievements and frustrations of one of New Zealand's most lively and innovative architects, Ian Athfield. The film provides a portrait of the architect and his work both in New Zealand and his project to design housing for 140,000 squatters from the Tondo area of Manila in the Philippines, for which Athfield won an international competition in 1975.

title: Question of Faith

overview: A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insistence and turns to alternative treatment to combat the disease.

title: Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal

overview: When an unbearably adorable, eternally optimistic Quokka named Daisy wants to achieve the impossible – to win the annual ‘World’s Scariest Animal’ championship, she enlists the guidance of a washed-up, former champion, a grouchy Saltwater Crocodile, to help her achieve her dreams and prove that champions can come in all sizes.

title: Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill

overview: Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.

original_title: Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill

title: The Water Cycle

overview: An award-winning short exploring man-made impacts on New Zealand’s water cycle.

title: Ashes

overview: Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring their inner worlds, their self-image and how they feel they fit into society.

title: Surf Sail

overview: A documentary following the attempt by three young people to be the first windsurfers to cross Cook Strait.

title: Four Shorts on Architecture

overview: A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.

title: The Dragon Pearl

overview: Josh and Ling were expecting a boring vacation visiting each of their parents at an archaeological dig in China. But the new friends soon discover they're right in the middle of an adventure when they find a Chinese Golden Dragon.

title: The Portable Door

overview: Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.

title: Colin McCahon: I Am

overview: This documentary looks at the life and work of New Zealand's most celebrated painter, Colin McCahon. The first excerpt looks at McCahon's beginnings in Timaru and Dunedin, and his explorations of modernist techniques in paintings that reconceived 'the promised land' in an endemic landscape. The second excerpt covers McCahon's time in Muriwai in the 60s and 70s, and the influence of the environment and Māori spirituality on his work. Sam Neill reads from McCahon's letters and writings. Directed by Paul Swadel, it won Best Documentary at the 2005 Qantas Awards.

title: Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

overview: Documentary focused on the creation of movie and television special effects, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis, featuring behind the scenes look at how the visual effects were created for popular films of the era.

original_title: Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

title: Inside 'The Piano'

overview: This 1993 program about the making of 'The Piano' features interviews with director Jane Campion; actors Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, and Sam Neill; and producer Jan Chapman.

title: Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

overview: A tribute to Verity Lambert, the BBC's first female producer and one of the country's most influential pioneers of television drama.

title: Godzilla x Kong: Supernova

overview: As the sixth installment in the MonsterVerse film series, this movie will delve deeper into the delicate relationship of coexistence and trust between humans and prehistoric behemoths. Meanwhile, the earth-shaking monster storm triggered by the epic clash between Godzilla and Kong, the two guardians of Earth’s ecological balance, will once again sweep across the big screen!

title: The Last Resort

overview: A hotel executive is sent to scout a new location in the Philippines. Once there, she becomes captivated by the breathtaking scenery and the warmth of its people — and also meets Ben, a charming expatriate charter pilot.

title: Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke

overview: For over 40 years, the iconic John Clarke tickled the funny bones of Australian and New Zealand audiences. Now, in this intimately produced documentary, hear his story in his own words. In a remarkable series of recorded conversations between John and his daughter, writer/director Lorin Clarke, he traces his steadfast resistance to authority back to his childhood and offers delightful insights into his four decades in the entertainment industry.

title: The Fox

overview: In this dark comedic folktale, an affable foxhunter encounters a shape-shifting fox who offers him an opportunity to transform his partner into the perfect woman and in doing so take control of the natural world.

title: Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill

title: Flare - A Ski Trip

overview: A short documentary about freestyle skiing made for the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department.

title: Surf Sail

title: Four Shorts on Architecture

title: Four Shorts on Architecture

title: The Sealhunters

overview: Three young people set off on a road trip from Wellington to find a seal colony.

title: Four Shorts on Architecture

title: Stiff

title: Phone

overview: A primer on proper phone manners produced for the New Zealand Post Office.

title: Phone

title: Phone

title: New Country - New People

overview: A documentary about the history of settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe.

title: The Brush-Off

overview: The political adviser to Australia's Minister of the Arts investigates the suspicious death of a disgruntled artist.

title: The Brush-Off

title: On the Road with Red Mole

overview: A documentary about the New Zealand theatre troupe "Red Mole".

title: On the Road with Red Mole

title: Architect Athfield

title: Ride Like a Girl

title: Daybreakers

title: Jurassic Park

title: Jurassic World Dominion

place_of_birth: Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK

title: Jurassic Park III

title: The Horse Whisperer

title: The Revengers' Comedies

title: The Piano

title: The Hunt for Red October

title: Bicentennial Man

title: Until the End of the World

title: In the Mouth of Madness

title: Memoirs of an Invisible Man

title: The Jungle Book

title: Assassin Club

title: The Final Conflict

title: The French Revolution

title: Dead Calm

title: Enigma

title: The Blood of Others

title: The Dish

title: Possession

title: Ice

title: Dirty Deeds

title: Angel

title: Wimbledon

title: Event Horizon

title: Yes

title: Forgotten Silver

title: Snow White: A Tale of Terror

title: The Magic Pudding

title: Under the Mountain

title: Children of the Revolution

title: Sirens

title: Little Fish

title: Evil Angels

title: Restoration

title: Plenty

title: Perfect Strangers

title: Framed

title: Skin

title: Attack Force Z

title: Sleeping Dogs

title: Death in Brunswick

title: One Against the Wind

title: Victory

title: My Brilliant Career

title: In Her Skin

title: Ivanhoe

title: Gallipoli

title: Dean Spanley

title: Irresistible

title: Daybreakers

title: Bring Him to Me

title: The Hunter

title: The Vow

title: Robbery Under Arms

title: The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

title: The City of No

title: Hunt's Duffer

title: The Good Wife

title: Escape Plan

title: A Long Way Down

title: Country Life

title: Numero Bruno

title: Iron Road

title: From a Far Country

title: Stiff

title: The Making of Sleeping Dogs

title: My Mother Frank

title: Submerged

title: Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

title: The Zookeeper

title: Voice Activated

title: The Pixar Story

title: Cowboys of Culture

title: The Making Of  Jurassic Park III

title: For Love Alone

title: Thor: Love and Thunder

title: United Passions

title: Shadow of China

title: The Rainbow Warrior

title: Scarygirl

title: Fever

title: Hostage

title: Voyage of the Nautilus

title: Backtrack

title: The Daughter

title: Why Anzac with Sam Neill

title: Peter Rabbit

title: Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

title: MindGamers

title: Jurassic Park

title: Jessica

title: The Man in the Hat

title: The Ordained

title: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

title: The Journalist

title: Just Out Of Reach

title: Tommy's Honour

title: Strong Medicine

title: New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

title: The Commuter

title: SuperCroc

title: T. REX

title: Inside The Living Daylights

title: Thor: Ragnarok

title: David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

title: The Making of 'Event Horizon'

title: Sweet Country

title: Working with a Master: John Carpenter

title: Ride Like a Girl

title: Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

title: The Country Girls

title: Mystery Ride

title: Blackbird

title: The Making of Daybreakers

title: Return to Jurassic Park

title: The Show Must Go On

title: Rams

title: Palm Beach

title: Jurassic World Dominion

title: Landfall

title: Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story

title: Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker

title: Split Enz: Spellbound

title: Architect Athfield

title: Question of Faith

title: Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal

title: Ashes

title: The Water Cycle

title: Surf Sail

title: Four Shorts on Architecture

title: The Dragon Pearl

title: The Portable Door

title: Colin McCahon: I Am

title: Inside 'The Piano'

title: Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

title: Godzilla x Kong: Supernova

title: The Last Resort

title: Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke

title: The Fox

title: Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill

title: Flare - A Ski Trip

title: The Sealhunters

title: Four Shorts on Architecture

title: Four Shorts on Architecture

title: Four Shorts on Architecture

title: Surf Sail

title: Stiff

title: Phone

title: Phone

title: Phone

title: New Country - New People

title: The Brush-Off

title: The Brush-Off

title: On the Road with Red Mole

title: On the Road with Red Mole

title: Architect Athfield