Philippa Campbell

Philippa Campbell is a New Zealand film and television producer and the Literary Manager at the Auckland Theatre Company.

Theatre Philippa Campbell began her career in the theatre as an actor and director in the 1980s. In 1981, she was involved in establishing Taki Rua in Wellington, the first professional theatre dedicated to New Zealand theatre and a key venue for indigenous and bicultural performances and theatrical development through the 1980s and 1990s. She was a member of Downstage Theatre Company. Campbell directed and helped to establish the Frontline theatre company.

Since November 2008, Campbell has been the Auckland Theatre Company's Literary Manager.

Campbell has a history of working with Wellington-based percussion group Strike, including directing their 2013 show Between Zero and One.

Film and television For several years in the 1980s, Campbell ran Television New Zealand's in-house Drama Department Script Unit, editing over 100 hours of television drama.

Campbell made a break into screen producing with the Banff Television Festival nominee for best drama, Swimming Lessons in 1995, written by Simon Wilson and directed by Steve LaHood. Top of the Lake won an Emmy Award, two Golden Globes, and a New Zealand Film Award.

Campbell has consulted to screen production development workshops in New Zealand, Australia, India, and Italy.

Campbell then went on to work on a number of creative projects including Shiver,

In 2015, Campbell formed a new Auckland-based production company, Field Theory, with producers Fiona Copeland and Tim Sanders, chief executive Lyoyd Meiklejohn, and consultant Michael Eldred.

In June 2021, Campbell was announced as a producer of They Are Us'', a film based on the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings. Following public outcry, she initially defended the film while acknowledging the challenges, but she later quit.

Biographical information Philippa Campbell was born in 1955 in Auckland, New Zealand and grew up in Lower Hutt and Wellington, New Zealand. Campbell attended Hutt Valley High School and has a B.A. in English Literature, Philosophy, and Drama from Victoria University of Wellington. She is an acting graduate of Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School, having graduated in 1977.

Campbell is married to journalist Simon Wilson and lives in Auckland, New Zealand. They have two sons.

Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes 1992 The Wall Script editor Short film 1998 Via Satellite Producer 2001 Rain Producer 2001 No. 2 Producer 2007 Black Sheep Producer 2008 Rubbings from a Live Man Producer, Co-Creator 2014 Orphans and Kingdoms Executive Producer 2017 The Inland Road Executive Producer 2024 The Moon Is Upside Down Producer

Television Year Title RoleNotes 1981–1997 Wild South Script editor 1982 Loose Enz - Eros and Psyche Actor Campbell only acting credits 1984–85 Country GP Script editor 1986 The Fire-Raiser Script editor based on the book by Maurice Gee 1988 Erua Script editor Based on the friendship between artist Toss Woollaston and a young Māori boy 1989 The Shadow Trader Script consultant Miniseries 2014 The Champion - Yankee Soldier Script editor based on the book by Maurice Gee 1989 Under the Ice Script editor Miniseries 1992 Masters of Inner Space Script editor documentary 1992–94 Marlin Bay Script editor 1992 Emperors of Antarctica Script editor documentary 1993 Joyful and Triumphant Script editor 1993 Bread and Roses Script editor Made for TV biographical based on autobiography of Sonja Davies 1995–97 Mirror, Mirror Script editor 1995 Swimming Lessons Associate Producer, Script editor 1998–2000 Backch@t Script editor Was the subject of the show for one episode 2012–13 Top of the Lake Producer New Zealand-based producer 2017 Top of the Lake 2: China Girl Producer New Zealand-based producer