NZ Film Industry Honours
Rob - Industry Champion
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industry awards presented at the SPADA Conference on November 12, 2010. The
award given to Rob was for Onfilm/SPADA Industry Champion! Congratulations Rob!
SPADA members include producers, directors, production companies and allied
craft professionals working in film, television, TVC, video, post-production,
animation and interactive media; lawyers and accountants, completion guarantors,
and industry suppliers.
In 17 years of operating in New Zealand, he has enabled the growth of local
infrastructure and the development of skills by providing the projects, the
challenges, the training and the promotions, while continually raising the bar.
He has been responsible for the careers of thousands of kiwis, all the while
developing new ways of making television. He is respected and loved amongst kiwi
crews for his innovation, generosity and humour, as well as his enormous
contribution to the growth of the industry in this country.
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AUSXIP Interviews Rob
Members of the AUSXIP Talking Xena message forum submitted questions for Rob
and they were sent to him. Rob graciously agreed to answer the majority of
the questions which were fantastic and very informative, humorous and very
enlightening. It's not often you get such an indepth interview from a
Holllywood producer. Sit back and enjoy one of the best interviews with Rob
Tapert.
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Featured Rob Tapert Interviews
Rob Interview NZ OnFilm Magazine
There is a fantastic interview with Rob in this month's OnFilm Magazine April
2011 dealing with his work in the NZ Film Industry and all the great shows he
has produced.
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NZ OnScreen - Part 1
American producer Rob Tapert talks to NZ On Screen about hearing that New
Zealand was an undiscovered production treasure in a studio carpark and he
discusses the internationally popular syndicated TV programmes that hes brought
here (Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules) that have helped realise that vision.
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NZ OnScreen - Part 2
These productions were instrumental in building the skill base of the NZ
cast and crew. Many NZ actors found fame through their characters,
particularly Lucy Lawless (now married to Tapert) and Michael Hurst (Iolas
in Hercules).
Tapert talks about his beginnings in the industry: dropping out of grad
school in Michighan (where, Hollywood might as well have been as far away as
New Zealand) to make films with long time business partner and Hollywood
director, Sam – Evil Dead, Spider-Man – Raimi. Tapert also discusses:
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