8th NZCS Awards (2025) Winners List

Cinematographer Of The Year

COTY Legacy Trophy	Dale Elena McCready BSC NZCS	The Day of the Jackal: S1 Ep8
Al Guilford Emerging Cinematographer Award

Emerging Cinematographer 2025	Devan Narsai	Qantas
Commended	Isaac Newcombe	The Sender: S1 Ep5
Commended	Oliver Compton	Mason & Wales Architects: Manukard

Turtz Award For Contribution To Cinematography
NZCS Plaque	Peter Harrow

Accreditation
Accreditation Certificate	Bevan Crothers NZCS

Student Film

Gold	Jackson Beaven	Mieru? (Can you see me?)
Gold	Liam Eagle	Everybody Eats: The Act of Hospitality
Silver	Mateusz Mendrun	Speed Dating

Social Media & Online
Gold	Isaac Newcombe	The Sender: S1 Ep5 Anxiety Angel
Silver	Benjamin Mikha	OAHU The Warrior Within
Silver	Joe Murdie	ZEDYN

Music Videos

Gold	Ziga Zupancic NZCS	Tony Anderson: Butterflies
Gold	Julian Vares	Marlon Williams: Aua Atu Rā
Silver	Alexander Glucina	Mokomokai: The One
Bronze	Ryan Alexander Lloyd	Ema I'u: Flower Of Life
Bronze	Piotr Kwasnik	Alien Weaponry: Mau Moko
Commercials

Gold	Adam Luxton	Mobil: Storytime
Gold	Ziga Zupancic NZCS	Breitling & Triumph: Chronomat
Silver	Crighton Bone NZCS	Waka Kotahi: Dont Let The Drugs Drive
Silver	Tammy Williams	Adidas: Boots
Silver	Devan Narsai	Qantas
News and Current Affairs

Silver	Victoria Evans	Sunday: Fired Up
Bronze	Jess Charlton	My Cyclone Gabrielle: River Memory - Te Henga/Bethells Beach

Corporate, Brand and Promo

Gold	Oliver Compton	Mason & Wales Architects: Manukard
Silver	Chris Watkins	Air New Zealand: Every Point Counts
Bronze	Simon Waterhouse	Harbinger: Winter Testing
Bronze	James Rua	Air New Zealand: Daily Bread
Bronze	Joe Rixon	NZ Resident Doctors Association: I Am a Doctor - Mandy
Magazine, Lifestyle and Reality

Gold	Peter Young	Hyundai Country Calendar: A Musterer's Dream
Silver	Ollie Damm-Logan	Endangered Species Aotearoa: S2 Ep6 Tonga
Bronze	Evan Howell	New Zealand Today: S4 Ep4 Retirement Coal
Short Films

Gold	Will Prosor	The Whole Thing
Silver	Devan Narsai	Dear Doreen
Silver	Adam Luxton	That Workman's Arm
Bronze	Ryan Alexander Lloyd	Pack Rat
Bronze	Bevan Crothers NZCS	DEFACED
Documentaries and Factual Series

Gold	Dominic Fryer	Live and Let Dai: Ep3
Gold	Matthew Goodman	Mammals: Ep5 Heat
Silver	Evan Howell	Unmasking the Monsters
Bronze	Tim Flower	Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds

Specialised and Second Unit
Second Unit
Gold	Peter Field NZCS	LOTR: Rings of Power S2 Ep7 - Doomed to Die
Gold	Simon Temple	Monkey Man
Specialised
Gold	Benjamin Mikha	Inhabitants
Bronze	Mark Lapwood NZCS ACS	Auckland Timelapse Homage
Bronze	Ben Ruffell	Mitsubishi: Industrial
New Zealand Drama and Drama Series

Gold	Dave Cameron NZCS ACS	A Remarkable Place To Die: S1 Ep4
Gold	Adam Luxton	Far North
Silver	David Paul NZCS	Under the Vines: S3 Ep4
Silver	Lance Wordsworth	Raised by Refugees
Silver	Simon Tutty	Madam: Ep4

International Drama and Drama Series

Gold	Dale Elena McCready BSC NZCS	The Day of the Jackal: S1 Ep8
Gold	Callan Green ACS NZCS	Gangs Of London: S3 Ep8
Silver	Thomas Burstyn NZCS CSC	Invasion: S2 Ep10 Old Friends, New Frontiers
Silver	Rob Marsh NZCS	The Last Anniversary: S1 Ep3
Silver	Bevan Crothers NZCS	Time Bandits: Ep7 Ice Age

Feature Films - Budget up to $10 mil

Gold	Grant McKinnon	Ka Whawhai Tonu
Gold	Andrew McGeorge NZCS	Tinā
Silver	Maria Inés Manchego NZCS	We Were Dangerous
Silver	Tammy Williams	Grafted
Silver	Peter McCaffrey	Forgive Us All

Feature Films - Budget $10 mil and over

Gold	Aaron Morton NZCS	Abigail
Gold	David Garbett NZCS	Evil Dead Rise
Silver	Richard Bluck NZCS	ASH
Bronze	Kieran Fowler NZCS ACS	Kangaroo