Costa Botes

Costa Botes

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 Silver, a mock-documentary co-written & co-directed with Peter Jackson in 1995 created a national sensation in 1995. It won a special critics prize at the Venice Film Festival, and has become a cult favourite worldwide. Costa’s first feature film, Saving Grace (1997), was selected for competition at Valladolid, Asia-Pacific, and Fantasporto Film Festivals. He documented the making of Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy Lord of the Rings trilogy from 1999 to 2003 with a matching trio of feature length documentaries. These were released in a limited edition DVD box set in 2006, and later included in the definitive blu-ray collection released in 2011. Costa established his own production company, Lone Pine Film & TV Productions in 2005 to make independent documentaries. These have included Struggle No More (2006), a biography of NZ’s greatest unknown band, and Yes That’s Me (2008) about a blues musician with manic depression. He photographed, produced and edited the documentary, Lost In Wonderland in 2009, mentoring its young director, Zoe McIntosh. This premiered at the NZ Film Festival and won awards for photography and best documentary the following year at the Qantas NZ Film & TV Awards. Costa wrote and produced another film for Zoe, a 35mm short called Day Trip (2010). This was selected to screen at numerous international festivals including Tribeca, Clermont Ferrand, and Hawaii. It won the Signis Award at Espression En Corto in Mexico, and best short film at the Montreal First Peoples Film Festival. Costa's next documentary feature, Candyman: The David Klein Story (2010), was about the eccentric American candy genius who invented Jelly Belly jellybeans. It premiered at Slamdance and Hot Docs in 2010, and won the Director’s Choice best documentary award at the Rincon Puerto Rico Film Festival. He followed this with two documentary features: Daytime Tiger (2011), a film about mania; and The Last Dogs of Winter (2012), about a man fighting to preserve rare Inuit sled dogs from extinction. The Last Dogs of Winter had its world premiere as an official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival. Act of Kindness (2015), a documentary about a young New Zealander’s experiences in post-Genocide Rwanda won the Best Editing award at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Costa also wrote and executive produced another short dramatic film for director Zoe McIntosh. The World in Your Window (2017) has screened at many top international festivals and won awards at Clermont-Ferrand, Tokyo, Melbourne, FlickerFest, Vancouver, Prague and Tahiti. His most recent work, Angie (2018) premiered at the NZ International Film Festival. It was described by one critic as a “deep, dark, daring wonder”. Another critic wrote, “Costa Botes has been making films for over 30 years: ANGIE is his best yet. He has always had a deft hand when it comes to emotional material. He has the ability to melt into the beautifully framed background and let the subjects speak, his flawless editing weaving a narrative spell”.

  • Title: Costa Botes
  • Popularity: 0.445
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1960-12-27
  • Place of Birth: New Zealand
  • Homepage: https://costabotes.co.nz
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Costa Botes Movies

  • 1987
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    Bad Taste

    Bad Taste

    6.325 1987 HD

    A team from the intergalactic fast food chain Crumb's Crunchy Delights descends on Earth, planning to make human flesh the newest taste sensation....

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  • 1997
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    Forgotten Silver

    Forgotten Silver

    7.23 1997 HD

    The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

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  • 2000
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    Behind the Bull

    Behind the Bull

    1 2000 HD

    Documentary about the making of Forgotten Silver.

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  • 2012
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    The Last Dogs of Winter

    The Last Dogs of Winter

    1 2012 HD

    Costa Botes takes us far, far north of his native New Zealand for this magical documentary about man's four-legged friends. Brian Ladoon is an...

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  • 1997
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    Forgotten Silver

    Forgotten Silver

    7.23 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Forgotten Silver

    Forgotten Silver

    7.23 1997 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

    8.9 2002 HD

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  • 2010
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    Candyman: The David Klein Story

    Candyman: The David Klein Story

    6.6 2010 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Making of The Lord of the Rings Collection

    The Making of The Lord of the Rings Collection

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Last Dogs of Winter

    The Last Dogs of Winter

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2022
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    When the Cows Come Home

    When the Cows Come Home

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    When the Cows Come Home

    When the Cows Come Home

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2017
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    The World In Your Window

    The World In Your Window

    7.4 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    The World In Your Window

    The World In Your Window

    7.4 2017 HD

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  • 2020
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    Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

    Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

    3.5 2020 HD

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  • 1987
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    Stalin's Sickle

    Stalin's Sickle

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Stalin's Sickle

    Stalin's Sickle

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1970
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    Barbed Wire Canoe

    Barbed Wire Canoe

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2015
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    Act of Kindness

    Act of Kindness

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2000
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    Behind the Bull

    Behind the Bull

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1998
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    Saving Grace

    Saving Grace

    6 1998 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder

    The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder

    1 1989 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Deadly Ponies Gang

    The Deadly Ponies Gang

    1 2014 HD

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  • 1992
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    Valley of the Stereos

    Valley of the Stereos

    6.5 1992 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

    The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

    6.4 2003 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Making of the Return of the King

    The Making of the Return of the King

    8.4 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Making of the Return of the King

    The Making of the Return of the King

    8.4 2004 HD

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  • 2018
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    Angie

    Angie

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2010
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    Candyman: The David Klein Story

    Candyman: The David Klein Story

    6.6 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Candyman: The David Klein Story

    Candyman: The David Klein Story

    6.6 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Candyman: The David Klein Story

    Candyman: The David Klein Story

    6.6 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Candyman: The David Klein Story

    Candyman: The David Klein Story

    6.6 2010 HD

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  • 2008
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    Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus

    Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus

    1 2008 HD

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  • 1987
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    Stalin's Sickle

    Stalin's Sickle

    1 1987 HD

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

    Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait

    1 1988 HD

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  • 2006
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    Struggle No More: The Windy City Strugglers Story

    Struggle No More: The Windy City Strugglers Story

    1 2006 HD

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

    Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2009
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    Kathmandu Blues

    Kathmandu Blues

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2010
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    Day Trip

    Day Trip

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Making of The Two Towers

    The Making of The Two Towers

    8.6 2003 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

    8.9 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

    8.9 2002 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Making of The Two Towers

    The Making of The Two Towers

    8.6 2003 HD

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  • 1992
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    Valley of the Stereos

    Valley of the Stereos

    6.5 1992 HD

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  • 1970
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    6.9 1970 HD

    A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon...

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  • 1970
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    6.7 1970 HD

    The Tribe is a New Zealand/British post-apocalyptic fictional TV series primarily aimed at teenagers. It is set in a near-future in which all adults...

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