Ginny Loane won NZCS Cinematographer of the Year at the inaugural NZCS Awards on Saturday.

Photo: Barrie Osbourne presenting the NZCS Cinematographer of the Year Award.

Photo: Barrie Osbourne presenting the NZCS Cinematographer of the Year Award.

Ginny Loane won NZCS Cinematographer of the Year at the inaugural NZCS Awards on Saturday. Her success was earned from shooting feature film Mahana directed written and by Lee Tamahori, who was on hand to offer his congratulations.

It was a fitting climax to the event, after NZCS President Richard Bluck acknowledged at the beginning of the evening the lack of women and ethnic diversity in the New Zealand cinematography profession. He promised that NZCS has a programme underway to address the issue but warned that it would take time to bear fruit.