JEFF AVERY -  CAMERAMAN, DIRECTOR, EDITOR

Jeff originally hails from Toronto, Canada.

After graduating from Vancouver's British Colombia Institute of Technology Television Production  School  in 1996 . He made his way to Shanghai and Beijing, China, where he produced, directed and edited TVCs and corporate videos for various agencies and clients, including Volkswagon, Audi, Du Pont, Nestles and Lion Nathan.

In China the lesson was self-reliance and innovation despite the parameters …  valuable tools to have on board for a career in television.

It was in Beijing Jeff teamed up with journalist Jane Jennings. Their freelance work in China included documentaries, a music magazine show, TVCs, corporate image pieces, and news feature stories.

Jeff has been living in Auckland, New Zealand since 2000 where he has worked extensively as a freelance television editor, director and cameraman.

His work has included editing weekly magazine shows (in particular Television New Zealand’s “Asia Down Under”), various corporate assignments (Fonterra, Telecom, Villa Maria Estate), and in tandem with his wife and business partner Jane, making two thirteen part travel documentary series (Destination New Zealand I & II), Air New Zealand in-flight programming, and documentary coverage of the annual New Zealand Alpine Ski Racing competition.

Most recently Jeff has poured his energy into an independent project filming and editing a six part travel/cooking series based in Marrakech, Morocco with television personality Peta Mathias.

Jeff is an accomplished producer, director, cameraman and editor. He values his ability to multi-task and collaborate, and he relishes following through the entire production process.