Costa Botes
Directing · Writer · Director · Camera Operator
Born Dec 27, 1960 · New Zealand
Active 1985–present
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.
Filmography
Bad Taste (1987) - 3rd Class AlienForgotten Silver (1997) - Writer · DirectorThe Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2006) - Camera Operator · Producer · DirectorThe Making of 'The Return of the King' (2006) - Director · ProducerThe Making of 'The Two Towers' (2006) - Producer · DirectorThe Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) - DirectorThe Tribe (1999) - DirectorVoice (2025) - CinematographyCandyman: The David Klein Story (2010) - Director · Producer · Camera Operator · Editor · SoundThe World In Your Window (2017) - Writer · Executive ProducerValley of the Stereos (1992) - Writer · StoryBehind the Bull (2000) - DirectorDay Trip (2010) - Producer · Screenplay · WriterThe Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision (2003) - CinematographySaving Grace (1998) - DirectorBoys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait (2020) - WriterAngie (2018) - DirectorThe Making of The Lord of the Rings Collection - DirectorThe Last Dogs of Winter (2012) - Director · Cinematography · Editor · ProducerWhen the Cows Come Home (2022) - Director · CinematographyStalin's Sickle (1987) - Producer · Writer · DirectorBarbed Wire Canoe - WriterAct of Kindness (2015) - DirectorThe Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder (1989) - Director