Michael Hurst Movies

A scientist in New Zealand has a secret lab where experiments are performed on humans. When he is assassinated, opposing forces rush to his hideaway...

An emotionally traumatized stage magician has "escaped" into a fantasy world where he has real magical powers, but his career has taken him to...

Three orphaned boys - O'Malley, Rossi and Moir - become blood brothers. When they grow up, they plot revenge on the crooks who got away with...

A big-city director working in advertising discovers a better life in small-town New Zealand.

Sam is a sound technician, who must literally walk in the footsteps of the characters on the screen. A "film within a film" that connects the world...

A young solo mother loves her son and his needs are formost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother, even as her...

Part two of the Treasure Island Kids Series follows Charlie, a rebellious teenager sent to summer camp by his parents. This is not any old summer...

Part three of the Treasure Island Kids Series follows Charlie, a rebellious teenager sent to summer camp by his parents. This is not any old summer...

Siggy (Jennifer Ward-Lealand) is a teenage "bad girl" who lives and works in a red-light district of Auckland, New Zealand. Just like her fellow...

A fisherman is swept into the sea by a freak wave. He desperately fights for his life only to find his apparent survival is not what it seems.

Len Lye (1901-1980) was a pioneer of experimental animation, and also of kinetic sculpture. This short film dramatically presents 18 minutes inside...

In The Bar, a who's who of the 1990s Kiwi acting community play punters at an Auckland bar. Director Dorthe Scheffmann (Vermilion) made the short...

A high school teenager wakes up in a time of Amazons and Gods.

Big brother is watching you out of the dark. He might be in your room, he might be in your head, he might be your friend - but do never expect him to...