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Mar 24, 2022 · Aside from making films, Botes has worked extensively as a film critic (he wrote for The Dominion for a decade from 1986). He teaches documentary and screenwriting at Massey University, and has previously taught at the NZ Film and TV School and Victoria University. Profile updated on 24 March 2022. Sources include.
Overview. Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by Peter Jackson), this documentary uses raw footage to reveal the inside story on how the greatest adventure film franchise was born.
Share. Costa Botes. Biography. 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.
Published on : June 13, 2017 by Documentary Drive. No stranger to challenging projects, New Zealand-based filmmaker Costa Botes’ career spans more than 30 years and the spectrum of passions. Perhaps most widely known for his work documenting the making of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, his latest films from the past ...
The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings': Directed by Costa Botes. With Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom. Documentary of the making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic work of fantasy.
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Costa Botes. Director. Producer. Editor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Costa Botes is known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Stalin's Sickle (1987) and Saving Grace (1998). Add photos, demo reels.
