Producer Robin Scholes on The Convert

Posted Tuesday 12 Sep 2023

Producer Robin Scholes on The Convert

Robin Scholes is one of New Zealand’s most experienced and respected screen producers. Her credits range from feature films: Once Were Warriors, Mahana, Mr Pip to television content: Magic Kiwis, Black Sands, The New Legends of Monkey and documentaries such as Colin McCahon: I Am

Robin’s latest film is The Convert, directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Guy Pearce about a preacher with a violent past who arrives at a British settlement in 1830s New Zealand and finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Māori tribes. Te Ao Māori and Tikanga Māori are key to the project - find out how Robin and her team approached The Convert as an authentic cultural partnership. 

Click here to read the NZFC Spotlight interview with Robin