Directing • AGE 65
Costa Botes has been an independent film-maker in New Zealand since the early 1980s. His short film Stalin’s Sickle won the jury prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in 1988. Forgotten Si...


Voice
Cinematography
2025

When the Cows Come Home
Director
2022

Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait
Writer
2020

Angie
Director
2018

The World In Your Window
Writer
2017

The Deadly Ponies Gang
Editor
2014

The Last Dogs of Winter
Self
2012

Daytime Tiger
Director
2011

Day Trip
Producer
2010

Candyman: The David Klein Story
Director
2010

Lost in Wonderland
Editor
2009

Kathmandu Blues
Director
2009

Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues
Director
2008

Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus
Director
2008

Struggle No More: The Windy City Strugglers Story
Director
2006

The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Director
2004

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
Cinematography
2003

The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Producer
2003

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
Camera Operator
2002

Behind the Bull
Himself
2000

The Tribe
Director
1999

Forgotten Silver
Self
1997

Valley of the Stereos
Writer
1992

The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder
Director
1989

Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait
Director
1988

Bad Taste
3rd Class Alien
1987

Stalin's Sickle
Writer
1987

The Ray Bradbury Theater
Director
1985

The Making of The Lord of the Rings Collection
Director