Pūkeko Pictures

Pūkeko Pictures is a New Zealand based entertainment company. It produces a mix of live-action, animated, games and picture books for the global entertainment market.

Pūkeko Pictures

Industry	Animation
Founded	2008 (2008)
Founder	Richard Taylor Tania Rodger Martin Baynton[1]
Headquarters	Wellington , New Zealand
Key people	Clive Spink (CEO) Jeremy Hall Martin Baynton Richard Taylor
Owner	Richard Taylor Martin Baynton

It was created as a partnership between the co-founders of Weta Workshop, Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger; and author, illustrator and producer Martin Baynton.

Their first collaboration was Jane and the Dragon, a CGI TV series about a girl and her pet dragon. Their subsequent television series The WotWots was nominated in 2012 for "Best Animated Television Production – Preschool" in the 2012 Annie Awards.

Clive Spink was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in 2015.^[2] In 2012, the studio signed a first look deal with FremantleMedia.^[3]

Jeremy Hall was appointed as Head of Development & Strategy in 2018^{[citation needed]}

Works

• Hundred99 Little Heroes, shortform documentary
• Book Hungry Bears, animated TV series
• Kiddets, animated TV series
• Jane and the Dragon, animated TV series
• Cleverman, live action adult drama
• The WotWots, animated children's TV series, 2009
• Thunderbirds Are Go, animated TV series
• The Changeover, live action feature film