George Andrews

George Andrews is one of New Zealand's most respected producers with a career in film and television in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom which spans more than thirty years.

Born in Wellington in 1943, he was educated at Wellington College and Victoria University (B.Com), he began his cinema career in London in 1965 as a screenwriter for the major film production company Associated British-Pathe in Wardour Street before returning to New Zealand to become a pioneer reporter and film director for the first generation of New Zealand television current affairs programmes.

In the early 1970s he was back in London as a writer and production assistant for BBC-TV News & Current Affairs. He returned to New Zealand in 1973 where he has worked ever since as a prolific producer, director and writer of factual material for television, with a special interest in historical and Pacific subjects. He is a three-times winner of the best documentary award, and in the 2002 New Year’s Honours he was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to television.

His series have screened in Europe, Australia and Asia. A former Head of Documentaries for Television New Zealand, he was also one of the founders of the independent TV3 network, now owned by Canwest.