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1. The Girl on the Bridge (2020)
91 min | Documentary
Documentary following a suicide-survivor who has become an advocate for suicidal young people as she makes a web series about a friend who took her own life.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Star: Jazz Thornton
Votes: 97
2. Shackleton's Captain (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Captain Frank Worsley signs on as Captain of the Endurance to navigate Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew to Antarctica. When the expedition ship is crushed; Worsley's seamanship and navigational skills saves them all.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Stars: Craig Parker, Charles Pierard, Hugh Barnard, Blake Henshaw
Votes: 734
3. Beyond the Edge (2013)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Stars: Chad Moffitt, Sonam Sherpa, John Wraight, Joshua Rutter
Votes: 1,921
4. Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
40 min | Documentary
Documentaries on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes.
Stars: John Pitman, Michael Dean, Lucinda Lambton, Roger Mills
Votes: 31
5. North Korea: Inside the Mind of a Dictator (2021)
86 min | Documentary
Examination of the turbulent rule and complex psychology of Kim Jong Un and follows the last three turbulent years inside the Hermit Kingdom as its young and unpredictable leader tries to turn around his country's fortunes.
Director: Rob Coldstream | Stars: Salvatore Vecchio, Jong-Un Kim, Chung Ming Lee, Anna Fifield
Votes: 256
6. We Need to Talk About A.I. (2020)
86 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
A new film from acclaimed director, Leanne Pooley.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Stars: James Cameron, Keir Dullea, Bryan Johnson, Sam Harris
Votes: 380
7. Everyman (1977– )
50 min | Documentary
Long-running BBC documentary series, often focussing on issues of a religious nature.
Stars: Peter France, Vanya Kewley, Jenni Murray, David Jessel
Votes: 33
8. Dame Valerie Adams: MORE THAN GOLD (2022)
90 min | Documentary, Sport
Olympic champion, Kiwi icon, Tongan leader, mother, daughter, sister, survivor - Winning was just part of the journey.
Director: Briar March | Star: Valerie Adams
Votes: 30
9. 25 April (2015)
85 min | Documentary, Animation, War
The tragic 1915 Gallipoli Campaign of WW1 is told through the perspective of six New Zealanders who were involved.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Stars: Tainui Tukiwaho, Andrew Grainger, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Fraser Brown
Votes: 257
10. The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Fun, disarming and musically provocative, the Topp Twins are New Zealand's finest lesbian country and western singers and the country's greatest export since rack of lamb and the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Stars: Jools Topp, Paul Horan, Jean Topp, Peter Topp
Votes: 375 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Finding Mercy (2012)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
At the age of eight, filmmaker Robyn Paterson greeted Comrade Robert Mugabe with flowers as he stepped from a plane at an air force base in Zimbabwe. She and her best friend, Mercy, were ... See full summary »
Director: Robyn Paterson | Star: Robyn Paterson
Votes: 17
12. Moving Pictures Live! (2009–2010)
22 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Elliot V. Kotek, Dev Patel, Michael Fassbender, Jeremy Renner
Votes: 33
13. Haunting Douglas (2003)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
Douglas Wright escaped small town New Zealand by punishing his body with drugs, alcohol and eventually, extraordinary dance; but facing death, the world renowned choreographer struggles to exorcise demons even he can't dance away.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Stars: Douglas Wright, Neil Ieremia, Shona McCullagh, Lloyd Newson
Votes: 17
14. Beyond Conversion (2022 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
BEYOND CONVERSION is a deep-dive into conversion therapy in Aotearoa through the eyes of Kiwi conversion therapy survivors.
Director: Loren Prendiville | Stars: John Fenaughty, Shanan Halbert, Helen Jacobi, Marja Lubeck
Votes: 10
15. Fightback Joseph Parker (2021)
Documentary, Sport
Follow the camp of Team Parker as Joseph prepares for his rematch against Dereck Chisora.
Directors: Leanne Pooley, Kerry Russell | Stars: Tyson Fury, Eddie Hearn, Andy Lee, Joseph Parker
16. Brave New World (1994)
Talk-Show
The ethics of bio-technology.
Stars: Sheena McDonald, Germaine Greer, Robert Winston, Melanie Phillips
17. Qantas Film and Television Awards 2009 (2009 TV Special)
New Zealand's 2009 film and TV award show.
Director: Nigel Carpenter | Stars: Mark Albiston, Petra Bagust, Hilary Barry, Peter Bell
18. The Man Who Has Everything (2001 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min
A program which combines reality with comedy and drama to demystifies the medicine behind a condition which affects millions of Americans each year - chest pain.
Director: Keith Hunter | Stars: Michael Hurst, Greg Johnson, Kim Michalis, Aidan Neeson
19. The Promise (2005)
70 min | Documentary
Lesley Martin became the face of the voluntary euthanasia debate when she was charged with attempting to murder her dying mother.
Director: Leanne Pooley
20. Try Revolution (2006 TV Movie)
50 min
In 1981 the South African rugby team toured New Zealand. Those opposed to the tour mounted massive demonstrations. Demonstrations that were to have a huge impact on the watching South African populace.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Star: Desmond Tutu
21. Being Billy Apple (2007 TV Movie)
70 min
Billy Apple has been turning the art world on its head for 40 years, along the way he created a brand that may one day end up on supermarket shelves.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Star: Billy Apple
23.
Brave New World (1994)
Episode:
Brave New World
(1994)
Talk-Show
Directors: Pati Marr, Leanne Pooley | Stars: Martin Bobrow, Sydney Brichto, Germaine Greer, Ian Kennedy
24.
Brave New World (1994)
Episode:
Brave New World
(1994)
Talk-Show
Directors: Michael Houldey, Pati Marr, Leanne Pooley | Stars: Hossam Abdalla, John Finnis, Sheena McDonald, Janet Radcliffe Richards
25.
Brave New World (1994)
Episode:
Brave New World
(1994)
Talk-Show
Directors: Sally Dixon, Pati Marr, Leanne Pooley | Stars: Len Doyal, Anthony Fisher, Janice Kerr, Sheena McDonald
26.
Moving Pictures Live! (2009–2010)
Episode:
Real Life
(2010)
Talk-Show
Stars: Brigitte Berman, Elliot V. Kotek, Michael Moore, Leanne Pooley
27.
Everyman (1977– )
Episode:
Papabile: The Men Who Could Be Pope
(1997)
Documentary
The old saying in Rome is that he who enters a conclave as pope exits as a cardinal, meaning there's no guarantee one of these men actually will be chosen. They are, however, the leading names drawing buzz in Rome these days.
Director: Leanne Pooley
28.
Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
Episode:
A Change of Heart
(1993)
Documentary
Directors: Colin Luke, Leanne Pooley
29.
Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
Episode:
Will They Ring Tonight?
(1993)
Documentary
Directors: Colin Luke, Leanne Pooley
32.
Deadline (1995– )
Episode:
Episode dated 20 March 1995
(1995)
Documentary, News
Directors: Bernard Hall, Leanne Pooley | Stars: Lynne Perrie, Richard Whiteley