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Featured Work
All Videos
Disco Bloodbath Trailer
Disco Bloodbath Trailer
Disco Bloodbath
A New Song
Bat Country - Happy Home
Sounds of Protest
A Wealth of Illusion
Disco Bloodbath. (Promo 3)
Disco Bloodbath - Teaser 2 June 2016
Showreel Marcus Palmer
About
About Marcus Palmer
I am a New Zealand based documentary and television director with eighteen years of experience.
Recently I won several international awards for the feature documentary Disco Bloodbath and I have directed, story produced and post produced some of New Zealand’s most successful television shows.
As an experienced producer and director I produce work that adheres to the principles of ethical journalism as set out in the Media Council Statement of Principles. I am an Associate Member of the New Zealand Media Council.
Awards and Festival Selections
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Winner - Best Feature Documentary L.A. Intl Film Festival
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Winner - Best Feature Documentary Cinesis Film Festival
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Winner - Best Character Chronicle Doco Planet Cinema
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Winner - Best Feature Documentary Popcorn Joy (Netherlands)
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Winner - Best Emerging NZ Filmmaker DocEdge Festival
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Winner - Honourable Mention BRNO Hungary
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Winner - Best LGBT Documentary Best Film Awards
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Best Documentary Directing Nomination FilmHaus Berlin
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Best Feature Documentary Nomination FilmHaus Berlin
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Best Performative Documentary FilmHaus - Berlin
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Best Feature Documentary, Nomination MAGMA
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Best Feature Documentary, Nomination CLIMAX
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Best Feature Documentary, Nomination Lonely Wolf
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Best Documentary Directing, Nomination Lonely Wolf
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Best Performative or Character Driven Doc Nomination Lonely Wolf
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Best Cinematography Nomination DocEdge Festival
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Official Selection L.A. Queer Film Festival
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Official Selection Kosice International Film Festival
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Official Selection Prague International Film Awards
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Official Selection Red Movie Awards (France)
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Semi Finalist Dumbo Film Festival (Brooklyn, NY)
Work History
2023/24
DIRECTOR / POST DIRECTOR
6 x 1 hour television series for TVNZ
STORY PRODUCER (POST)
Documentary series, IMDB link here
2022/23
PRODUCER DIRECTOR
Winner - Best Feature Documentary - L.A. International Film Festival
Winner - Best Emerging NZ Filmmaker - DocEdge Festival
Winner - Best Charactar Chronicle Doco - Planet Cinema
Winner - Best Documentary - Popcorn Joy Festival
Winner - Honourable Mention - BRNO Hungary
Winner - Best LGBT Documentary - Best Film Awards
Best Documentary Directing Nomination - Filmhaus - Berlin
Best Feature Documentary Nomination - Filmhaus - Berlin
Best Performative Documentary - Filmhaus - Berlin
Best Feature Documentary Nomination - MAGMA Film Festival
Best Feature Documentary, Finalist CLIMAX
Best Feature Documentary, Nomination - Planet Cinema Festival
Best Feature Documentary, Nomination - Lonely Wolf Film Festival
Best Documentary Directing Nomination - Planet Cinema Festival
Best Documentary Directing Nomination - Lonely Wolf Film Festival
Best Performative or Character Driven Doc Nomination - Lonely Wolf
Best Cinematography Nomination - DocEdge Festival
Official Selection - L.A. Queer Film Festival
Official Selection - Kosice International Film Festival
Official Selection - Prague International Film Awards
Semi Finalist - Dumbo Film Festival Brooklyn
DIRECTOR / POST DIRECTOR
Architectural TV series for PRIME
Lego Masters NZ Series 2
STORY PRODUCER / POST PRODUCER
A TV series for TVNZ
MasterChef NZ
POST PRODUCER
A TV series for TV3
Lego Masters NZ
STORY PRODUCER / POST PRODUCER
A TV series for TVNZ
2021
Documentary Series TBA
STORY PRODUCER (POST)
Netflix
Popstars
STORY PRODUCER
POST PRODUCER
21x 1hr episodes for TVNZ
2020
Dog Almighty
POST PRODUCER
18x 1hr episodes for TVNZ
Rhys Darby Big in Japan
POST PRODUCER
6x 1 hr episodes for TVNZ
2018/19
Auckland Stories
All Black Experience
DIRECTOR
Auckland Museum
My Restaurant Rules NZ
STORY PRODUCER
POST PRODUCER
TVNZ & SEVEN
Six60 Documentary
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Theatrical Feature Documentary
Anthems
DIRECTOR, RESEARCHER
A PRIME music documentary series
Making New Zealand
DIRECTOR
A PRIME documentary series
GoggleBox
FIELD DIRECTOR
TV series for TV3
Now I Become Beauty Destroyer of Worlds
PRODUCER DIRECTOR
Experimental theatre show and short film
2017
My Kitchen Rules NZ
POST PRODUCER
STORY PRODUCER
TV series for TV2
2016
Kiwi Living
DIRECTOR
TV series for TV1
2015
Kiwi Living
DIRECTOR
TV series for TV1
MasterChef NZ
STORY PRODUCER
TV series for TV2
House Hunters International
DIRECTOR
A top 20 rating US cable TV series
Police Ten 7
DIRECTOR
TV series for TV1
A Wealth of Illusion
DIRECTOR
Short Documentary
Drew Blood & the Fang Bangers
DIRECTOR
Short documentary
2014
The Dragon Story
DIRECTOR
A feature-length documentary for PRIME
2013
MasterChef NZ
STORY PRODUCER
TV1
New Zealand's Got Talent
FIELD DIRECTOR
TV1
The Exponents Documentary
DIRECTOR
A feature-length documentary for PRIME
Road Cops
DIRECTOR (Field, OPC)
TV3
New Zealand's Got Talent
FIELD DIRECTOR
TV1
2012
Just the Job
DIRECTOR
TV2
Renters
DIRECTOR (OPC)
TVNZ
Showtime
CAMERA
TVNZ
Coastwatch
DIRECTOR (OPC)
TV1
2011
5100 Brides
DIRECTOR
Documentary shot in India.
A New Song (Short film)
PRODUCER, WRITER, DIRECTOR
Short film - for festival release
Just the Job
DIRECTOR
TV2
MasterChef NZ
TECH COORD
TV1
2010
MasterChef NZ
CAMERA ASSIST
TV1
Just the Job
DIRECTOR
TV2
Marae DIY
DIRECTOR (B)
TV Series for Maori Television
2009
MasterChef NZ
B CAMERA & CAMERA ASSIST
TV1
The Country Channel
CAM OP, FLOOR MANAGER
SKY TV
Just the Job
DIRECTOR, RESEARCHER
TV2
Marae DIY
PRODUCTION COORD
Maori Television
2008
Just the Job
RESEARCHER
TV1
Tribute 08 Apology to Vietnam Vets
PROD COORD
TV1
Marae DIY
PROD COORD
Maori Television
2007
Kiss Me Deadly
2ND AD
Television Feature Film. Starring Shannen Doherty & John Rhys Davies
Reckless Behaviour
2ND AD
Television Feature Film. Starring Odette Yustman (Cloverfield)
Pukoro
DIRECTOR’S ASSIST (Studio DA)
Maori Television
Relevant Training
• 2006 – DIPLOMA IN FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION - South Seas Film & Television School. Majoring in: Screenwriting & Directing. Documentary Directing & Development