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

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's satire ''

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'' for

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, which received six

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nominations, including

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. He also produced Waititi's adventure comedy film '' Hunt for the Wilderpeople''. It is based on best selling novel '' Wild Pork & Watercress'' written by Barry Crump. ''Hunt for the Wilderpeople'' premiered at the 2016

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. It became New Zealand's number #1 at the box office and sold out to all territories worldwide. He also produced David Farrier and Dylan Reeve's feature documentary '' Tickled'', which also premiered at the 2016

. It was released by Magnolia and

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in the US and sold by Magnolia worldwide. Neal executive produced Farrier's

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for

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. He also produced Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek's movie ''The Breaker Upperers'' which premiered at 2018

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. It is distributed by Piki Films and Madman in New Zealand and Madman in Australia. It will screen on

for the rest of the world in 2019. Through Piki Films Carthew executive produced Damon Fepulea'i's Red, White & Brass Aotearoa's #1 local film in 2023, Rachel House (actress)'s The Mountain (2024_film), Josephine Stewart Te Whiu's We Were Dangerous which premiered at

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and won the Jury Prize for filmmaking and Curtis Vowell's 2020 film Baby Done starring

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and

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. He produced

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comedy ''Super City'' starring Madeleine Sami. ''Super City'' had two seasons directed by

and

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. It has been piloted in the

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with

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. He also produced a cartoon, '' Aroha Bridge'', written by Coco Solid. Carthew was associate producer on

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film ''Pete's Dragon'', working under Barrie M. Osborne. He produced Tanu Gago's AR project Atua which premiered at

and then toured the world's art galleries and interactive documentary FAFSWAGvogue.com with RESN, and

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's interactive documentary ''Ispydoc.com''; a co-production with Canadian digital company Jam3. An early pioneer in interactive web storytelling, he produced and directed pick-a-path comedy ''5 Minute Call'' in 2002 and ''London Calling'' in 2003. Previously he conceived and produced two seasons of TV3's '' Wa$ted!'' environmental make-over series, which was remade around the world, including in America. He was named Independent Producer of the Year in 2016 at the New Zealand SPADA conference. He was also named in ''Variety'''s 2016 Producers to Watch.

Filmography

Film

Television

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