Harry Wynn is a director and producer who makes bold, character-driven stories that connect with wide audiences. Working across documentary, television and digital, he’s drawn to projects where identity, politics, culture and belonging collide.

Harry is currently the in-house development executive at Great Southern Studios, working across premium documentary and factual projects.

Contact: harry(at)lichen.co.nz

Credits

Director/Writer/Producer

CHASING THE LAUGHS
Creator / Producer
Great Southern Studios

WILD, WILD EAST
Executive Producer
Candle True Stories (US)
In Development

ZYZZ & CHESTBRAH - THE POSTER BOYS
Writer / Creator
1 x 90 mins
Stan (Australia) • Screen Australia • 2026

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 • NZ on Air • 2025

RICE RUN
Producer
Written & Directed by Pon Torthienchai and produced with Sara Chen
New Zealand Film Commission • 2025

OUT THERE
Producer
Directed by Alexis Smith
Loading Docs • 2024

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

YOUNG & HOOKED ON CHEMSEX
Director / Writer
Produced by Lesley Hansen | EPs: David White & David Farrier
TVNZ • NZOA • 2021

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

Production Manager

MOTORWAY PATROL (seasons 22 & 21) • Greenstone TV • TVNZ

HIGHWAY COPS (seasons 8 & 9) • Greenstone TV • TVNZ

THE CIRCUS (season 2) • Bravo NZ

RICH LISTERS • Bravo NZ

WHAT’S THE DISIBI-TEA • RNZ

Production Coordinator

WHINA • Dir. James Napier Robertson & Paula Whetu Jones

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

Education

DISTRIBUTION INTERNSHIP, Vendetta Films • NZFC • 2022

FILM SCHOOL GRADUATE – NZ Film & TV School (Wellington) • 2018

BACHELOR OF ARTS (Political Science, International Relations & German) • The University of Auckland • 2015

Awards & Courses

2024

FILMUP (course) • Script-to-Screen • Mentor: Sally Aitken • NZFC

PRODUCER INCUBATOR (course) • Proud Voices on Screen

2023
NEW FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR (award) • Spada (Screen Producers NZ)

LEADING LIGHTS (scholarship) • Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC)

2019
EMERGING PRODUCER WORKSHOP (course) • SPADA & WIFT