Errol Wright

Errol’s first documentary Findrs Weeprs screened at the 2002 Wellington Fringe Film Festival to a positive reception. The twenty-minute film was produced, directed and edited by Errol, and shot and supervised in the edit by Abi King-Jones.

In September of 2002, Errol picked up a camera for the first time to shoot his debut feature documentary Te Whanau o Aotearoa - Caretakers of the Land. The film screened as a part of the 2003 Wellington International Film Festival and had a return season at the Paramount Cinema. Errol is credited as co-director, co-producer, co-editor, photography and sound.

In 2006 Errol and Abi completed their second feature documentary The Last Resort. The film travelled the country with the New Zealand International Film Festival and has screened at many other festivals and cinemas around the country, as well as on Maori TV and the Documentary Channel. Errol is credited as co-director, co-producer, co-editor, camera & sound.

Errol’s latest project, Operation 8 investigates the nation-wide ‘anti-terror’ raids that occurred on the 15th of October 2007. Filming started in late 2007 and is currently in post-production.

Abi King-Jones

Abi has a Certificate in Film and Television Production from Unitec School of Performance and Screen Arts, and a Bachelor of Arts in Film, Television and Media Studies from the University of Auckland.

She has worked in television as a presentation director (Juice TV), in film as a casting assistant (Aidiko Insane - Kahukura Productions) and in continuity (Two Cars, One Night - Defender Films), and has dabbled in acting.

As a writer, her play A Room That Echoes was produced as part of the 2002 Young and Hungry season at Bats theatre.

In collaboration with Errol Wright, Abi’s first feature documentary Te Whanau o Aotearoa – Caretakers of the Land screened in the 2003 Wellington International Film Festival.

In 2006, their second feature documentary The Last Resort premiered in the New Zealand International Film Festival and has screened widely in cinemas and on television.

In recent years, Abi edited Alister Barry’s feature documentaries A Civilised Society (2007) and The Hollow Men (2008).