Costa Botes
Costa Botes | |
|---|---|
| Born | Konstantinos Botes 27 December 1958 |
| Died | November 21, 2025 (aged 66) |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
Costa Botes (27 December 1958 - 21 November 2025) was a New Zealand filmmaker. He is known for co-creating the mockumentary Forgotten Silver with Peter Jackson.[1][2][3][4]
Botes directed the feature film Saving Grave, released in 1998. It was an adaptation of a 1994 play by Duncan Sarkies.[5]
Botes created a number of documentary films including The Last Dogs of Winter (2011),[6] Act of Kindness (2015, with Sven Pannell),[7] Angie (2018)[8] and When the Cows Come Home (2022).[9]
References
- ↑ Swainson, Richard (20 December 2025), "Days of Future Past: Costa Botes, a filmmaker right to the end", Waikato Times
- ↑ Hickman, Bill (23 November 2025), Film, documentary maker Costa Botes dies after nearly a decade with cancer, Radio New Zealand
- ↑ Pryor, Ian (29 November 2025), Remembering Forgotten Silver: How Costa Botes co-created a NZ classic, The Spinoff
- ↑ Vale Costa Botes, The Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand, 26 November 2025
- ↑ Scheib, Richard, "Saving Grace (1998)", Moira
- ↑ Simon, Alissa (10 September 2011). "The Last Dogs of Winter". Variety. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
- ↑ "Act of Kindness". FilmInk. 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
- ↑ Angie 2018, New Zealand International Film Festival
- ↑ Gill, Mary Anne (5 November 2022), "Cambridge cows star on screen", Cambridge News
External links
- Costa Botes at IMDb