Costa Botes
Directing
Born: 1960-12-27 · New Zealand
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. 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
🎬 Movies (28)
Voice
2025
Cinematography
When the Cows Come Home
2022
Director
Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait
2020
Writer
Angie
2018
Director
The World In Your Window
2017
Writer
Act of Kindness
2015
Director
The Deadly Ponies Gang
2014
Editor
The Last Dogs of Winter
2012
Director
Daytime Tiger
2011
Director
Candyman: The David Klein Story
2010
Director
Day Trip
2010
Producer
Kathmandu Blues
2009
Director
Lost in Wonderland
2009
Editor
Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus
2008
Director
Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues
2008
Director
Struggle No More: The Windy City Strugglers Story
2006
Director
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
Director
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003
Cinematography
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
Director
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
Director
Behind the Bull
2000
Director
Saving Grace
1998
Director
Forgotten Silver
1997
Director
Valley of the Stereos
1992
Writer
The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder
1989
Director
Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait
1988
Director
Bad Taste
1987
3rd Class Alien
Stalin's Sickle
1987
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