{{Short description|New Zealand/Australian film & TV director}} {{distinguish|Jonathan Brugh|Jonathon Brough}} {{use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{use Australian English|date=July 2022}} '''Jonathan Brough''' is a New Zealand-born film director based in Australia. He is best known for the comedy TV series ''Rosehaven'', ''Aftertaste'' and ''The Family Law''.
==Early life and education== Brough grew up in Hāwera, New Zealand, the son of John Brough,<ref name=modeljb>{{cite web | title=The Model | website=Jonathan Brough | url=https://jonathanbrough.com/The-Model | access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> a theatre and television actor.<ref name=nzosbio/>
==Career== Brough's graduation project was ''The Model'', a short film (11 minutes)<ref name=nzfilmmodel>{{cite web | title=The Model | website=New Zealand Film Commission | url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/model | access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> based on a short story by Bernard Malamud, inspired by the work of painter Edward Hopper,<ref name=modeljb/> and starring Brough's father and Susannah Devereux<ref>{{cite web | title=Credits - The Model - Short Film | website=NZ On Screen | url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-model-1994/credits | access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> (later a horror actress in the US<ref name=nzosbio/>). The film was an official selection in the 1994 Cannes Film Festival for a special one-off programme of short films,<ref name=modeljb/><ref name=nzosbio>{{cite web | title=Jonathan Brough | website=NZ On Screen | date=15 October 2021 | url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/jonathan-brough/biography | access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> and was screened at the Silver Images Film Festival in Chicago, U.S.<ref name=nzfilmmodel/> The film was later included in a video anthology called ''Dark Stories 2: Tales from Beneath'' (2002).<ref>{{cite web | title=Dark Stories 2 (Video 2002) | website=IMDb | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345109/fullcredits | access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>
In following years he directed two short films, ''The Conversation'' (1995) and ''Permanent Wave'' (1996).<ref name=nzosbio/>
In 2004 he directed four episodes of the television drama series ''The Insider's Guide to Happiness'', and was responsible for directing several documentaries about the making of the film ''Whale Rider'', for the DVD extras, and a separate release, ''Riding the Wave: The Whale Rider Story''.<ref name=nzosbio/>
Also in 2004 he made ''No Ordinary Sun'', a short sci fi film set in Antarctica, which he described as "the closest yet as a statement of what I want to achieve as a filmmaker". It screened at the Edinburgh and Slamdance Film Festivals.<ref name=nzosbio/>
Brough co-created the mockumentary series ''The Pretender'' in 2005,<ref name=nzosbio/> and directed six episodes in all,<ref name=imdbmain>{{IMDb name|0112653}}</ref> including the opening episodes of both seasons.<ref name=nzosbio/>
He directed many episodes of the American TV series of ''Power Rangers'' 2006 to 2007 and from 2008 to 2015.<ref name=imdbmain/>
In 2008 he travelled to Russia make a film about a New Zealand charity worker, entitled ''Russia's Forgotten Children''.<ref name=nzosbio/>
For a couple of years from 2011 he worked in both Australia, where he directed two episodes of the supernatural comedy-drama ''Spirited'', and New Zealand, where he directed another short film,<ref name=nzosbio/> ''Snowmen'' (2014), which screened at the interfilm Berlin in 2015,<ref>{{cite web | title=Snowmen | website=interfilm Berlin | url=https://www.interfilm.de/festival-chronik/en/filme?tx_interfilmfestival_filmlist%5BeventItem%5D=68&cHash=3b0892b219cf171a86a9a704e7bd224f | access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> as well as episodes the comedy series ''Coverband''.<ref name=nzosbio/>
Brough directed the comedy series ''It's a Date'' which went to air for two seasons in 2013 and 2014,<ref>{{cite web | title=Australian Television: It's a Date | website=Australian Television Information Archive | url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/its-a-date/ | access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> and several episodes of ''The Time of Our Lives'' over the same period. He started being nominated for and winning awards with his work in Australian comedy, including ''Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane'' (2015).<ref name=nzosbio/>
His work on the popular comedy series ''Rosehaven'' and ''The Family Law'' was acclaimed, with the former winning many accolades.<ref name=nzosbio/>
Brough directed the Fox Showcase/Sky Atlantic drama series ''The End'' (2020) tackled the subject of euthanasia.<ref name=nzosbio/>
He directed the first season of the Australian TV series ''Aftertaste'' in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | last=Watson | first=Meg | title=Aftertaste review – a wonderfully Australian mockery of the ‘angry white guy’ | website=The Guardian | date=3 February 2021 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/feb/03/abc-aftertaste-review-wonderfully-australian-mockery-angry-white-guy | access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>
==Awards== *2005: Nomination, New Zealand Screen Awards, for ''No Ordinary Sun''<ref name=nzosbio/> *2005: Winner, inaugural Friends of the Civic Award for Best NZ Short at the Auckland Film Festival, for ''No Ordinary Sun''<ref name=nzosbio/> *2016: Winner, ADG Award for Best Direction in a TV Comedy (Australian Directors Guild), for episode 1 of ''Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane''<ref>{{cite web | title=Ricketts Lane Director Jonathan Brough wins ADG Award | website=Sticky Pictures Pty Ltd | date=6 May 2016 | url=https://www.stickypictures.tv/news/ricketts-lane-director-jonathan-brough-nominated-for-adg-award/ | access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> * 2017: Nomination, ADG Award for Best Direction in a TV Comedy, for ''Rosehaven''<ref name=nzosbio/> * 2017: Nomination, ADG Award for Best Direction in a TV Comedy, for ''The Family Law''<ref name=nzosbio/> * 2021: Nomination, AACTA Award for Best Miniseries or Telefeature<ref name=aacta2021>{{cite web | title=Winners & Nominees | website=AACTA | url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/2021-aacta-awards/ | access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official|https://jonathanbrough.com/}} *{{IMDb name|0112653}}
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