Wild Iris Productions is a collaboration of talented broadcasting practitioners based in central Wellington, New Zealand, established by director, Prue Donald, and director of photography, Barrington West.

We specialise in gathering memorable actuality footage and crafting compelling documentaries in the fields of the arts and current affairs.

As a team committed to excellence in photo-journalism and visual storytelling we are fortunate to be able to collaborate with others from the Wellington film and television industry to offer a complete production service to the broadcaster, the corporate organisation, and the visiting producer.

Barrington is a film and video cameraman with 28 years experience in the broadcast television industry in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, recognised for his achievements in photojournalism gained from a career in frontline international news assignments.

Barrington has a gifted eye to tell stories through the images he records. He is an intuitive, creative cameraman with the depth of experience to produce excellence in all his work. His strength is in interpreting a story and bringing an identifiable visual style to a production.

His work is screened regularly in a wide range of news and documentary based television programmes in New Zealand and abroad.

QANTAS MEDIA AWARD WINNER: BEST CAMERA
FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS FINALIST: BEST CAMERA

"Barrington West has made my judging relatively easy. Both of his entries were of extremely high quality. West's composition, consistent colour temperature, good use of the long lens, interesting camera angles and an obvious thought for the editing process have produced two extremely high quality products."

-Qantas Media Awards Judge's comment

Prue is a writer and director of documentaries. She has worked for Television New Zealand and Channel Four Television in London, as a researcher, journalist, commissioner, director, and producer. Prue maintains a wide network of contacts in the arts and the media and a lively interest in current affairs. Her creative spirit and professional abilities meet at this intersection. She is passionate about the arts in New Zealand.

She is a Qantas Media Award winner for best director in the arts and current affairs categories for her outstanding profiles of New Zealand artists, painter Grahame Sydney and poet David Eggleton.

QANTAS MEDIA AWARD WINNER: BEST DIRECTOR

" It achieved its difficult aim - to bring the work of performance poet David Eggleton to the small screen in a captivating, engaging, and highly entertaining manner. The pace and style of the piece matched and complemented the talent of the subject. It was planned and executed with creative spirit. "

-Qantas Media Awards Judge's comment