Veteran cameraman Peter Janes is focusing this year on teaching our Screen Production students.

He’s acquired a wide range of skills during a 40-year career in the television and filming industry.

Peter’s teaching camera and lighting while providing students with an overview of the industry.

He’s had a broad range of experiences including

• Recording in the sound department for news broadcasts, Country Calendar and other programmes for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation.
• Then Working in the camera department, including a controversial documentary, If You’re in it, You’re in it to the Limit about Hell’s Angels

Peter has also been

• filming many musicians, including touring overseas bands.
• freelancing on the hit children’s show Simon Townsend’s Wonder World
• working as a cameraman and director for drama, documentary and comedy projects

Peter told us it’s really satisfying seeing a new generation keen to enter the industry.  There are so many options available to them now in film, television, games, internet and apps.

Read more about the Diploma in Screen Production here.