Qantas Film and Television Awards 2008 - Winners

The 2008 Qantas Film and Television Craft Award Winners were announced at a lunchtime function at the Civic Wintergarden on September 12. Please find a full list of Craft Award winners below...

The remaining 2008 Qantas Film and Television Award winners were announced at an evening function at the Civic Theatre on September 13.

News and Current Affairs

Category	Award Recipient	Programme	Channel
Qantas Best News		One News	TV1
Best News or Current Affairs Presenter	Mark Sainsbury	Close Up	TV1
TV Journalist of the Year	Mike Valintine and Hunter Wells	Sunday	TV1
Best News Reporting	Lisa Owen	One News	TV1
Best Current Affairs Reporting for a weekly programme or one off current affairs special	Sarah Hall, Paula Penfold, George Murahidy and Catherine Hallinan	60 Minutes	TV3
Best Current Affairs Reporting for a daily programme	Robyn Janes and Steve Hopkins	Close Up	TV1
Best Current Affairs Series		Sunday	TV1
Best News Camera*	Jared Mason	One News and Close Up	TV1
Best Current Affairs Camera*	George Murahidy	60 Minutes	TV3
Best News and Current Affairs Editing*	Paul Enticott	60 Minutes	TV3
Investigation of the Year	Mike Valintine and Hunter Wells	Sunday	TV1

General Television and Documentary

Category	Award Recipient/s	Programme	Production Company	Channel
Images and Sound Best Drama Programme	John Laing	Outrageous Fortune	South Pacific Pictures	TV3
Best Comedy Programme	Paul Casserly	Eating Media Lunch	Great Southern TV	TV2
Best Factual Series	Fiona Copland & Bill Toepfer	The Big Picture	Filmwork Ltd	TV1
Best Maori Language Programme	Claudette Hauiti	Children of the Revolution	Front of the Box Productions Ltd	Maori Television
Qantas Best Children's/Youth Programme	Rachel Jean	Play It Strange 2007	Isola Productions Ltd	C4
Best Information/Lifestyle Programme	Mhairead Connor & Mark Albiston	The Gravy Series One	Sticky Pictures Ltd	TVNZ 6
Best Entertainment Programme	Charlotte Hobson	Jono’s New Show		C4
Best Sports Broadcast	John McDonald	Rugby World Cup 2007	TV3	TV3
Best Format/Reality Series	David Baldock	Sensing Murder	Ninox Television Ltd	TV2
Performance by an Actress in General Television	Robyn Malcolm	Outrageous Fortune	South Pacific Pictures	TV3
Performance by a Supporting Actress in General Television	Antonia Prebble	Outrageous Fortune	South Pacific Pictures	TV3
Performance by an Actor in General Television	Antony Starr	Outrageous Fortune	South Pacific Pictures	TV3
Performance by a Supporting Actor in General Television	Tammy Davis	Outrageous Fortune	South Pacific Pictures	TV3
Best Presenter Entertainment/Factual Programme	Jason Gunn	Dancing with the Stars	TVNZ	TV1
Best Script Drama/Comedy Programme	Rachel Lang	Outrageous Fortune	South Pacific Pictures	TV3
Sony Achievement in Directing Drama/Comedy Programme	Mark Beesley	Outrageous Fortune	South Pacific Pictures	TV3
Achievement in Directing - Factual/Entertainment Programme	Bryan Bruce	The Investigator	Red Sky Film & Television Ltd	TV1
Sony Achievement in Camera Work Drama/Comedy Programme*	Dave Garbett	Ride with the Devil	Isola Productions Ltd	TV2
Achievement in Editing Drama/Comedy Programme*	Bryan Shaw	Outrageous Fortune	South Pacific Pictures	TV3
Achievement in Original Music in General Television*	Christian Biegai, Riki Gooch and Dave Whitehead	The Big Picture	Filmwork Ltd	TV1
Achievement in Sound Design in General Television*	Don Paulin and Ian Leslie	The Killian Curse 2	TVNZ	TV2
Achievement in Production Design in General Television*	Ant Sang	bro'Town	Firehorse Films Ltd	TV3
Contribution to Design in General Television*	Claire Palmer, Costume Design	Dancing with the Stars	TVNZ	TV1
NZ on Air Best Documentary	Annie Goldson	An Island Calling		TV3
Achievement in Directing Documentary	Justin Pemberton	The Nuclear Comeback		TV1
Achievement in Camerawork Documentary/Factual Programme*	Wayne Vinten	An Island Calling		TV3
Achievement in Editing Documentary/Factual Programme*	Bryan Shaw	The Wahine Disaster		TV1

Film

Qantas Best Picture - budget over $1 million	Steven O'Meagher, Tim White and Robert Sarkies	Out of the Blue	Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
Best Picture budget under $1 million	Mark Foster and Gregory King	A Song of Good	Robber’s Dog Films
Achievement in Directing in Film (budget under and over $1 million)	Taika Waititi	Eagle vs Shark	Whenua Films Limited
Jameson Irish Whiskey Performance by an Actor in a leading role in Film	Matthew Sunderland	Out of the Blue	Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
Performance by an Actress in a leading role in Film	Geraldine Brophy	Second-Hand Wedding	Garage Sale Productions Ltd
Performance by an Actor in a supporting role in Film	Karl Urban	Out of the Blue	Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
Performance by an Actress in a supporting role in Film	Holly Shanahan	Second-Hand Wedding	Garage Sale Productions Ltd
Best Screenplay in Film	Graeme Tetley and Robert Sarkies	Out of the Blue	Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
Achievement in Cinematography*	Greig Fraser	Out of the Blue	Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
Achievement in Editing in Film*	Annie Collins	Out of the Blue	Desert Road Films Ltd/Condor Films Ltd
Achievement in Original Music in Film*	John Gibson and Jack Body	Rain of the Children	Wayward Films Ltd
Achievement in Sound Design in Film*	Tim Prebble, Gethin Creagh and Gilbert Lake	Black Sheep	Livestock Films Ltd
Achievement in Production Design in Film*	Phil Ivey	Perfect Creature	Sensible Films/Minute Productions
Achievement in Costume Design in Film*	Kirsty Cameron	Perfect Creature	Sensible Films/Minute Productions
Achievement in Make-Up Design in Film*	Dave Elsey	Black Sheep	Livestock Films Ltd
Outstanding Technical Contribution in Film - budget under $1 million*	Ginny Loane, Cinematographer	A Song of Good	Robber's Dog Films
Images and Sound Best Short Film	Christopher Dudman and Vicky Pope	The Graffiti of Mr Tupaia	POP Film Ltd
Performance in a Short Film	Rawiri Paratene	The Graffiti of Mr Tupaia	POP Film Ltd
Atomic Coffee Roasters Best Screenplay for a Short Film	Paul Stanley Ward	The Graffiti of Mr Tupaia	POP Film Ltd
Outstanding Technical Contribution to a Short Film*	Ginny Loane, Director of Photography	This Is Her	Passenger Films