
Known for
Directing
Born
December 27, 1960 (age 65)
Birthplace
New Zealand
Costa Botes has been an independent film-maker in New Zealand since the early 1980s. His short film Stalin’s Sickle won the jury prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in 1988. Forgotten Silver, a mock-documentary co-written & co-directed with Peter Jackson in 1995 created a national sensation in 1995. It won a special critics prize at the Venice Film Festival, and has become a cult favourite worldwide.
Costa’s first feature film, Saving Grace (1997), was selected for competition at Valladolid, Asia-Pacific, and Fantasporto Film Festivals. He documented the making of Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy Lord of the Rings trilogy from 1999 to 2003 with a matching trio of feature length do...
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Writer
2025
Cinematography
2022
Director, Cinematography
2020
2018
Director
2017
Writer, Executive Producer
2015
Director
2014
Editor
2012
as Self, Director, Cinematography, Editor, Producer
2011
Director, Cinematography, Sound Recordist, Editor, Producer
2010
Producer, Screenplay, Writer
2010
Director, Producer, Sound, Camera Operator, Editor
2009
Editor, Producer
2009
Director
2008
2008
2006
Camera Operator, Director, Producer
2006
Director, Producer
2006
Director, Producer
2006
2003
Cinematography
2000
as Self, Director
1999
1998
Director