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Robert Sarkies (born 1969) is a New Zealand film director and scriptwriter. Sarkies grew up in the South Island city of Dunedin, and his two feature films released to date have been set in Dunedin, or close by. He began making short films as a teenager with fellow filmmaker Simon Perkins. After winning an international award for his short Dream-makers, Sarkies began work on his most ambitious short to date: the adventure comedy Signing Off (1996), which won four international awards and helped attract funding for Scarfies(1999), Sarkies' feature film debut. Sarkies co-wrote the Scarfies script with his younger brother, playwright and performer Duncan Sarkies. Winner of seven awards including Best Picture and Best Director at the NZ Film Awards, the film is part comedy, part thriller, and partly a celebration of being a university student in Dunedin. Scarfies was later released on video in the United States under the title Crime 101. Sarkies' second feature is the true-life thriller Out of the Blue based on the 1990 Aramoana Massacre, in which a gunman killed thirteen people in a seaside town not far from Dunedin. The film emphasizes realism over melodrama, partly through handheld camerawork and a naturalistic acting style. Some of those living in Aromoana expressed opposition to the film being made; others who lost people in the tragedy agreed to do interviews with scriptwriters Sarkies and Graeme Tetley. In New Zealand, Out of the Blue went on to become the tenth most successful local film yet released theatrically (not accounting for inflation), and win six Qantas Film and Television Awards in September 2008, including "Best Picture - budget over $1 million". As of October 2008, Out of the Blue's rating on critics' website Rotten Tomatoes was 91 per cent. Before the making of Out of the Blue, the Sarkies brothers worked together on the script for a fantasy film called The Magnificent Magic Fingers. The budget for Magic Fingers was estimated to be at least NZ$20 million. It is not yet clear whether Magic Fingers will join Peter Jackson's unmade Blubberhead as one of the great fantasy films that never quite emerged from down under. In 2010, the TV series This Is Not My Life, directed by Sarkies, debuted on New Zealand Television. Hopefully Robert will be considering a major role for Andy Faulkner, who he directed to great comedic effect in a 2006 TVC for Ford Fairmont Ghia.

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Filmography

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The Making of 'Scarfies' Poster

The Making of 'Scarfies' Video2001Self - Writer

Director

15

Type

Year

Pike River Poster

Pike River Feature Film2025

One Lane Bridge Poster

One Lane Bridge TV Series2020

The Gulf Poster

The Gulf TV Series2019

Jean TV Movie2016

Wanted TV Series2016

Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story Poster

Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story TV Movie2014

Deano and Nige's Best Last Day Ever Poster

Deano and Nige's Best Last Day Ever Feature Film2012

This Is Not My Life Poster

This Is Not My Life TV Series2010

Out of the Blue Poster

Out of the Blue Feature Film2006

Dark Stories 2 Poster

Dark Stories 2 Video2002

Dark Stories 3 Poster

Dark Stories 3 Video2002

The Strip Poster

The Strip TV Series2002

Scarfies Poster

Scarfies Feature Film1999

Signing Off Short Film1997

Dream-Makers Short Film1992

Writer

8

Type

Year

Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story Poster

Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story TV Movie2014

Deano and Nige's Best Last Day Ever Poster

Deano and Nige's Best Last Day Ever Feature Film2012

Out of the Blue Poster

Out of the Blue Feature Film2006

Dark Stories 2 Poster

Dark Stories 2 Video2002

Dark Stories 3 Poster

Dark Stories 3 Video2002

Scarfies Poster

Scarfies Feature Film1999

Signing Off Short Film1997

Dream-Makers Short Film1992

Producer

6

Type

Year

Pike River Poster

Pike River Feature Film2025

43,000 Feet Poster

43,000 Feet Short Film2012

Honk if You're Horny Poster

Honk if You're Horny Short Film2012

Meathead Poster

Meathead Short Film2011

Amadi Short Film2010

Dream-Makers Short Film1992

Script and Continuity Department

2

Type

Year

The Tub Short Film2005

Whale Rider Poster

Whale Rider Feature Film2002

Editor

1

Dream-Makers Short Film1992

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