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Vincent Burke
Born
Eric Vincent Burke

(1952-02-14)14 February 1952
Waimate, New Zealand
Died17 February 2022(2022-02-17) (aged 70)
Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Television and film producer
Years active1988–2022

Eric Vincent Burke (14 February 1952 – 17 February 2022)[1] was a New Zealand television and film producer. Burke was the founder of Top Shelf Productions which was established in 1988. With a career spanning thirty years, Burke was noted for his documentary work and television productions that addressed social issues and everyday life.[2]

Early life and education

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Burke was born in Waimate, in the South Island of New Zealand. His family moved to Tokoroa when he was ten and later to Hamilton.[3] He attended Hamilton Boys' High School and Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in music.[3] After that he grew an interest in research and arts management.[2]

Career

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With his work arranging tours for theatre groups and bands for various universities and working as an arts administrator, Burke joined the New Zealand Film Commission as a policy advisor and researcher.[2]

Burke launched the New Zealand television production company, Top Shelf Productions, in 1988, which he ran until closing it down in 2019.[3] He raised his own finance in the company to fund his first short film, Gordon Bennett, which was released in 1989.[4]

Burke's first documentary, I Want to Die at Home, was released in 1990.[5] The documentary won a Jury Award at the Montreal Women's Festival in 1991.[6] He made seven more films about death and dying, which were used in nurses' training.[3] All About Eve, a documentary about the HIV-infected child Eve van Grafhorst was released in 1994.[2][7][8]

In 1995, Cinema of Unease was released, covering the beginnings of New Zealand films around this time. Burke was the executive producer and it won Best Documentary at the 1996 New Zealand Film Awards.[9]

During the 1990s, Burke expanded further with Top Shelf Productions, producing shows and documentaries such as Target, An Immigrant Nation[10] and Flatmates.[11] During the early 2000s, Top Shelf Productions released the show Making New Zealand.

Burke and Laurie Clarke founded the free-to-air New Zealand TV channel, Choice TV, in late 2011.[3][12] In 2012, Burke was appointed one of the directors and the channel was launched on 28 April 2012.[13][14] It was sold to Blue Ant Media in 2014, then to Discovery in 2019.[15][16][17] The channel was later changed to eden.[18]

In the last few years of his life, Burke worked as an executive producer at the Avalon studios in Lower Hutt.[3]

Selected credits

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Personal life

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Burke was married to, and later divorced from, Monique Oomen who was a TVNZ current affairs director.[3]

He died in Wellington on 17 February 2022 from oesophageal cancer.[38][39][40]

References

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  1. ^ "'Vincent' Eric Vincent Burke". www.tributes.co.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Screen, NZ On. "Vincent Burke | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Manson, Bess (19 March 2022). "Obituary: Vincent Burke, cowboy boot-wearing producer, mentor and bon vivant". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b Screen, NZ On. "Gordon Bennett | Short Film | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. ^ Burke, Vincent; Oomen, Monique; Productions, Top Shelf; Fund, New Zealand Film Commission Short Film (1 January 1990). "I want to die at home [videorecording] / producer, Vincent Burke ; director, Monique Oomen". I want to die at home [videorecording... | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Film Reviews". Journal of Palliative Care. 9 (2): 52–61. 1993. doi:10.1177/082585979300900213. ISSN 0825-8597. S2CID 208045559.
  7. ^ "MISC-EXT - ALL ABOUT EVE". ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  8. ^ "All about Eve | Monique Oomen | 1994 | ACMI collection". www.acmi.net.au. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  9. ^ "1996 Winners - TV Guide Television Awards". www.lonely.geek.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  10. ^ Screen, NZ On. "An Immigrant Nation | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Pulp Non-Fiction: Fighting over more than the bathroom". Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  12. ^ O’neill, Rob (19 February 2012). "Choice not spoiling for a fight". Sunday Star-Times. Retrieved 1 April 2023 – via PressReader.
  13. ^ Mace, William (10 February 2012). "Freeview adds new channel". Stuff. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Consumer Watch: Choice closes gap". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  15. ^ "New majority owner for Choice TV". Scoop.co.nz. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  16. ^ "A local channel out from under the radar?". RNZ. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  17. ^ Peacock, Colin (10 November 2021). "Discovery NZ makes big play for TV viewers". RNZ. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  18. ^ "What are the new TV channels Eden and Rush launching in New Zealand?". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  19. ^ "KIWI SHORTS - GORDON BENNETT".
  20. ^ "SPADA Conference Speakers » SPADA". www.spada.co.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  21. ^ "8th International Congress: Film Screening". Journal of Palliative Care. 7 (3): 54–60. 1991. doi:10.1177/082585979100700316. ISSN 0825-8597. S2CID 208043538.
  22. ^ Burke, Vincent; Oomen, Monique; Top Shelf Productions; New Zealand Film Commission; Short Film Fund (1990), I want to die at home, Wellington, N.Z.]; Sth. Melbourne, Vic.: Top Shelf Productions ; Distributed by AFI Distribution, OCLC 154099945, retrieved 5 March 2022
  23. ^ Screen, NZ On. "An Immigrant Nation - The Unbroken Thread | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  24. ^ "An Immigrant Nation - AC Productions New Zealand". www.acproductions.co.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  25. ^ Screen, NZ On. "All About Eve | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  26. ^ "ALL ABOUT EVE". ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  27. ^ Screen, NZ On. "Velvet Dreams | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  28. ^ Marsh, Selina Tusitala (2000). "O Tamaiti (The children), and: Velvet Dreams (review)". The Contemporary Pacific. 12 (2): 557–559. doi:10.1353/cp.2000.0060. ISSN 1527-9464.
  29. ^ Kahn, Miriam (2011). Tahiti Beyond the Postcard: Power, Place, and Everyday Life (Culture, Place, and Nature). University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99102-3.
  30. ^ Screen, NZ On. "Flatmates - 1, First Episode | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  31. ^ "NEW ZEALAND FILM PRODUCTIONS, 1990-2019" (PDF).
  32. ^ "TARGET. 03/08/2010". ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  33. ^ Waru, Ray; Burke, Vincent; Cockburn, Clive; Dalley, Bronwyn; Television New Zealand (2005), Frontier of dreams: the story of New Zealand. Episode 1: The last place on Earth, prehistory to c. 1300 ; Episode 3 : When worlds collide, 1642-1839. Episode 1: The last place on Earth, prehistory to c. 1300 ; Episode 3 : When worlds collide, 1642-1839., N.Z.: TVNZ, OCLC 793100668, retrieved 5 March 2022
  34. ^ "Television and Radio - The University of Auckland Library". www.media.library.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  35. ^ Zealand (www.bka.co.nz), Site designed and developed by bka interactive ltd, Auckland, New. "100 Men | New Zealand International Film Festival". www.asbwaterfronttheatre.co.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  36. ^ New Zealand International Film Festival: 100 Men, retrieved 5 March 2022
  37. ^ New Zealand International Film Festival: 100 Men, retrieved 5 March 2022
  38. ^ Manson, Bess (18 March 2022). "Obituary: Vincent Burke, cowboy boot-wearing producer, mentor and bon vivant". Stuff. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  39. ^ "Farewell Vincent Burke". New Zealand Film Commission. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  40. ^ "Shorts Newsletter - 3 March 2022". www.nzonair.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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