Helena Brooks

WELLMANIA (2023) Director

When Australian food writer and human tornado Liv has a major health crisis, she’s forced to rethink her live fast, die young attitude — and fast. If she doesn’t get healthy, she won’t be able to get back to the US to film her dream gig: a new and hotly anticipated cooking show. So Liv throws herself into an over-the-top wellness routine — cleanses, colonics, cycling, diet restrictions, you name it. Wellmania, co-created by writers Brigid Delaney and Benjamin Law, stars comedian Celeste Barber, who you’ll definitely know if you have an Instagram account: Several years ago, Barber went relentlessly viral for her countless spoofs of often outlandish fashion photos.

Drunk History (2020) Director

Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of this nation's history starring our funniest comedians and actors.

Funny Girls (2018) Director

Rose Matafeo leads a cast of New Zealand's finest comedy talent in this female-driven sketch comedy show.

The Gulf (2021) Director

A New Zealand / German thriller TV series; A detective's personal and professional life starts to unravel when she is involved in a fatal car accident and begins to lose her memory.

The Bad Seed (2019) Director

TV mini-series The Bad Seed tells the story of two brothers from a dysfunctional family who have raised themselves up from the desperate days of their early childhood, only to have their newly ordered lives begin to fall apart when one becomes a suspect in a murder.

Nothing Special (2005) Director

Cannes Nominated Short - Billy becomes the reluctant subject of worship when his delusional mother decides he is Jesus reincarnate.