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. 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 …
Known For
Bad Taste
3rd Class Alien
Forgotten Silver
Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Director
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
Camera Operator
The Tribe
Director
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Director
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Director
Candyman: The David Klein Story
Camera Operator
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Filmography
Acting (4)
Crew (54)
Movies (52)
Voice
2025Cinematography
When the Cows Come Home
2022Cinematography
When the Cows Come Home
2022Director
Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait
2020Writer
Angie
2018Director
The World In Your Window
2017Executive Producer
The World In Your Window
2017Writer
Act of Kindness
2015Director
The Deadly Ponies Gang
2014Editor
The Last Dogs of Winter
2012Cinematography
The Last Dogs of Winter
2012Director
The Last Dogs of Winter
2012Editor
The Last Dogs of Winter
2012Producer
Daytime Tiger
2011Cinematography
Daytime Tiger
2011Director
Daytime Tiger
2011Editor
Daytime Tiger
2011Producer
Daytime Tiger
2011Sound Recordist
Day Trip
2010Producer
Day Trip
2010Screenplay
Day Trip
2010Writer
Candyman: The David Klein Story
2010Camera Operator
Candyman: The David Klein Story
2010Director
Candyman: The David Klein Story
2010Editor
Candyman: The David Klein Story
2010Producer
Candyman: The David Klein Story
2010Sound
Kathmandu Blues
2009Director
Lost in Wonderland
2009Editor
Lost in Wonderland
2009Producer
Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues
2008Director
Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus
2008Director
Struggle No More: The Windy City Strugglers Story
2006Director
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004Director
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004Producer
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003Director
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003Producer
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003Cinematography
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002Camera Operator
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002Director
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002Producer
Behind the Bull
2000Director
Saving Grace
1998Director
Forgotten Silver
1997Director
Forgotten Silver
1997Writer
Valley of the Stereos
1992Story
Valley of the Stereos
1992Writer
The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder
1989Director
Catching the Tide: Sam Hunt's Cook Strait
1988Director
Stalin's Sickle
1987Director
Stalin's Sickle
1987Producer
Stalin's Sickle
1987Writer
Barbed Wire Canoe
Writer
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