Director
Costa Botes
December 27, 1960 · New Zealand
Costa Botes has been an independent film-maker in New Zealand since the early 1980s. His short film Stalin’s Sickle won the jury prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in 1988. Forgotten Silver, a mock-documentary co-written & co-directed with Peter Jackson in 1995 created a national sensation in 1995. It won a special critics prize at the Venice Film Festival, and has become a cult favourite worldwide.
Costa’s first feature film, Saving Grace (1997), was selected for competition at Valladolid, Asia-Pacific, and Fantasporto Film Festivals. He documented the making of Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy Lord of the Rings trilogy from 1999 to 2003 with a matching trio of feature length documentaries. These were released in a limited edition DVD box set in 2006, and later included in the definitive blu-ray collection released in 2011.
Notable work
Often works with
Peter Jackson
3 titles together
Bad Taste, The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring', The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Elijah Wood
2 titles together
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring', The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Dominic Monaghan
2 titles together
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring', The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Billy Boyd
2 titles together
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring', The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Full filmography · 23
The Making of The Lord of the Rings Collection
Director
Upcoming
When the Cows Come Home
Director
2022
Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait
Writer
2020
Angie
Director
2018
The World In Your Window
Writer
2017
Daytime Tiger
Director
2011
Day Trip
Writer
2010
Candyman: The David Klein Story
Director
2010
Kathmandu Blues
Director
2009
Nigel Gavin: A Job with the Circus
Director
2008
Yes That's Me: Dave Murphy Plays the Blues
Director
2008
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
Director
2006