ScreenTalk: Michael Stedman
14 Jun 2011
With more than 30 years experience in the television industry, and is currently the Managing Director at Natural History New Zealand.
With more than 30 years experience in the television industry, Michael Stedman has done just about everything behind the cameras.
He has held senior positions at television networks in New Zealand and Australia, and is currently the Managing Director at Natural History New Zealand.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Stedman talks about:
- Becoming an editor at TVNZ despite having his sights set on producing
- Producing the iconic advice show Beauty and the Beast
- Being saddened at the cancellation of kids nature show Wildtrack
- Alerting the country to the plight of our endangered species in Wild South
- Working with the quirky David Bellamy in Moa’s Ark
- How Fox Television has transformed Natural History NZ
This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.
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