Harry Wynn is an award-winning filmmaker based in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2023, he was honoured as the SPADA New Filmmaker of the Year, recognising his innovative contributions to the field. He is currently being mentored by renowned filmmaker Sally Aitken through the FilmUp programme, run by Script to Screen.

Harry directed the documentary series ‘Queer Aotearoa: We’ve Always Been Here’, released on TVNZ and TVNZ+ in February 2025. The series explores New Zealand’s LGBTQ+ history through a millennial lens. His recent work includes ‘Shred’ (2022), a short documentary that follows a teenage bodybuilder's all-encompassing journey to compete at the highest level. Previous projects include ‘Young & Hooked on Chemsex’ (2021), a compelling look at the impact of methamphetamine on Auckland’s gay hookup scene, which screened on TVNZ+, and ‘Three Ticks Chlöe’ (2020), a film about dynamic millennial politician Chlöe Swarbrick's fight against the political establishment.

Harry produced the short documentary ‘Out There’ (2024) for Loading Docs, about a clandestine group that channels their hope into extraterrestrial phenomena, and the New Zealand Film Commission short film ‘Rice Run’ (2025), about the child of immigrant parents who struggles with the expectations of working in his parents’ restaurant while wanting to be like any other kid and hang out with his friends.

With a background in production management, Harry has worked on numerous television productions for companies like Greenstone TV, Attitude, and Stripe Studios, which have screened on platforms such as Bravo, TVNZ, and RNZ.

Credits

Director/Writer/Producer

QUEER AOTEAROA: We’ve Always Been Here
Director / Writer
6 x 22 min Documentary Series
Produced by Abba-Rose Vaiaoga-Ioasa | EP: Orlando Stewart
TVNZ • Released February 2025

RICE RUN (short film)
Producer
Written & Directed by Pon Torthienchai | Produced with Sara Chen
NZFC • In Post-Production

OUT THERE
Producer
Directed by Alexis Smith
Loading Docs • Released 2024

SHRED
Director / Writer
Produced by Lesley Hansen
Loading Docs • Released 2022

YOUNG & HOOKED ON CHEMSEX
Director / Writer
Produced by Lesley Hansen | EPs: David White, David Farrier, Jude Callen
TVNZ • Released August 2021

THREE TICKS CHLÖE
Director / Writer
Produced by Hannah McOwan
Wrestler & The Spinoff • Released November 2020

Production Manager

MOTORWAY PATROL – Greenstone / TVNZ

HIGHWAY COPS – Greenstone / TVNZ

WHAT’S THE DISIBI-TEA – Attitude / RNZ (2022)

Other

PUNCH – Distribution Intern, Vendetta Distribution

Bachelor of Arts (Political Science, International Relations & German)
• The University of Auckland • 2010–2015

Film School Graduate – NZ Film & TV School (Wellington)

Production Coordinator

WHINA – Dir. James Napier Robertson & Paula Whetu Jones

BILLION DOLLAR HEIST – Dir. Daniel Gordon, GFC Films & Universal

Awards & Courses

2024
FilmUp (Script-to-Screen) – Mentor: Sally Aitken

Producer Incubator – Proud Voices on Screen

2023
Winner: SPADA New Filmmaker of the Year

Leading Lights Scholarship, AIDC Melbourne

2019
Emerging Producer Workshop – SPADA & WIFT, supported by NZFC

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