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Kent Briggs

Kent Briggs

TV Director / Editor

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location of Kent BriggsAuckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Head Creative Tinker (Creative Director) Thinkerbell Aotearoa | TV Writer | Director | Presenter

  • Education

    • Media Design School

      2014 - 2014
      Diploma Creative Advertising

    • Waikato Institute of Technology

      1997 - 1999
      Bachelor of Media Arts Moving Image

      Activities and Societies: Music

    • Wintec - Waikato Institute of Technology

      1997 - 1999
      Bachelor of Media Arts, Moving Image Film/Cinema/Video Studies A

    • Waiariki Institute of Technology

      1996 - 1996
      Foundation Studies Commercial Design A

      A 1 year commercial design course that covered design, print, sculpture, carving, weaving, illustration and many other forms of Visual Arts and Communication.

  • Experience

    • Freelance

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2013
      TV Director / Editor

    • Media Design School

      Feb 2014 - Dec 2014
      Student

      Studying Creative Advertising.

    • J. Walter Thompson Worldwide

      Jan 2015 - Jul 2016
      Creative

    • Ogilvy NZ

      Jul 2016 - Nov 2018
      Creative

    • Stella Maris Production Limited

      Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
      Writer / Director / Presenter

      This Critically Acclaimed and Internationally Award Winning Series follows Kent Briggs as he unravels a mystery from 1986, involving an alleged poodle murder and a lion escape. Produced by Orlando Stuart.

    • Stanley St

      Mar 2019 - Jan 2020
      Creative

    • TVNZ

      Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
      Sextortion Series Co-Writer / Co-Director

      For this Award Winning series, I worked as the Co-Writer / Co-Director with Kyan Krumdieck. Starring Tom Sainsbury, Cohen Holloway, Natalie Medlock, Mark Mitchensin and Stephen Tamarapa, Sextortion was released in July 2020 on TVNZ OnDemand.

    • Freelance

      Jul 2020 - Jul 2023
      Ad Creative and TV Writer / Director

      When not full time, I work with a range of NZ's leading ad agencies as a Senior Creative. Otherwise I'll most likely be making a TV show as Writer / Director and occasional Presenter.

    • YoungShand.

      Aug 2022 - Apr 2023
      Senior Creative

    • Thinkerbell Aotearoa

      Jun 2023 - now
      Head Creative Tinker (Creative Director)

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Kent Briggs
      Best International Non-Fiction - Who Killed Lucy The Poodle Melbourne Webfest 2020 Sep 2020 Best International Non-Fiction - Who Killed Lucy The Poodle
    • Awarded to Kent Briggs
      Gold Effie 2018 CAANZ Oct 2018 Most Effective PR/Experiential CampaignNZ Police "The world's most successful recruitment video"
    • Awarded to Kent Briggs
      Gold Effie 2018 CAANZ Oct 2018 Most Effective Social CampaignNZ Police "The world's most successful recruitment video"
    • Awarded to Kent Briggs
      Silver Effie 2018 CAANZ Oct 2018 Social Marketing/Public Service CategoryNZ Police "The world's most successful recruitment video"
    • Awarded to Kent Briggs
      Silver Effie 2018 CAANZ Oct 2018 Most Progressive CampaignNZ Police "The world's most successful recruitment video"
    • Awarded to Kent Briggs
      Wood Pencil at D&AD Impact Awards D&AD Oct 2018 Diversity and Inclusivity category for New Zealand Police 'The World's Most Successful Recruitment Video'
    • Awarded to Kent Briggs
      Best Awards - Gold Pin Design Institute NZ Sep 2018 NZ Police Pirihimana Car
    • Awarded to Kent Briggs
      Cannes Lion - Silver - Jun 2018 NZ Police - Worlds most successful recruitment video.
    • Awarded to Kent Briggs
      D&AD Wooden Pencil - Jun 2018 NZ Police - Brand collaboration
    • Awarded to Kent Briggs
      Grand Axis 2018 CANNZ Apr 2018 NZ Police - Worlds most successful recruitment video.