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