List of New Zealand film makers
International directors
| Name | Notable titles | Other |
| Andrew Adamson | Shrek 1 and 2, The Narnia film series | Academy Award nominee |
| Martin Campbell | Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro, GoldenEye | BAFTA winner |
| Jane Campion | The Piano, Holy Smoke! | Academy Award winner |
| Richard Curtis | Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary | BAFTA winner, Academy Award nominee |
| Winston Cowie | , | |
| Roger Donaldson | Dante's Peak, Cocktail, The Recruit | Golden Palm nominee |
| Ellory Elkayem | Eight Legged Freaks | |
| Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, King Kong, the Hobbit trilogy | 9 time Academy Award nominee, three of which he won. |
| Geoff Murphy | , Goodbye Pork Pie | |
| Andrew Niccol | Lord of War, Gattaca, The Truman Show | BAFTA winner, Academy Award nominee |
| David Sims | , , | |
| Lee Tamahori | Die Another Day, Along Came a Spider, | |
| Vincent Ward | Map of the Human Heart, What Dreams May Come | 2 time Golden Palm nominee |
| Niki Caro | Whale Rider, North Country | BAFTA winner |
| Taika Waititi | Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Jojo Rabbit, | Academy Award winner, BAFTA winner |
Domestic directors
| Name | Notable For |
| Melanie Read | Trial Run, Send a Gorilla |
| Murray Ball | |
| Barry Barclay | Ngati |
| Michael Bennett | Matariki |
| Paul Campion | The Devil's Rock |
| Ben Hawker | Blackspot |
| Jonathan King | Black Sheep |
| Paul Maunder | Sons for the Return Home |
| Brad McGann | In My Father's Den |
| James Napier Robertson | The Dark Horse |
| Hamish Rothwell | Stickmen |
| Robert Sarkies | Out of the Blue, Scarfies |
| Glenn Standring | Perfect Creature, The Irrefutable Truth about Demons |
Producers
- John Barnett
- Barbara Sumner Burstyn
- Winston Cowie
- Fran Walsh
- Matthew Metcalfe
- Fiona Copland
- Chloe Smith
- Charles Knight
- Larry Parr
- Lisa Chatfield
- Christopher Hampson
- Philippa Campbell
Actors
New Zealand at the Academy Awards
New Zealand film makers have won a total of sixteen Oscars at the US Film Academy Awards from 41 nominations. Eleven wins were for work on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.The first New Zealand nomination was in 1958 for Snows of Aorangi with New Zealand's first wins coming in 1994 for The Piano.
1994