Robert Sarkies

Directing

Robert Sarkies

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Sarkies  (born 1969) is a New Zealand film director and scriptwriter. Sarkies grew up in the South Island city of Dunedin, and his two feature films released to date have been set in Dunedin, or close by. He began making short films as a teenager with fellow filmmaker Simon Perkins. After winning an international award for his short Dream-makers, Sarkies began work on his most ambitious short to date: the adventure comedy Signing Off (1996), which won four international awards and helped attract funding for Scarfies(1999), Sarkies' feature film debut. Sarkies co-wrote the Scarfies script with his younger brother, playwright and performer Duncan…

Known for

Scarfies poster
5.6

This dark comedy is set in Dunedin, New Zealand. A university student finds an old "abandoned" house and proceeds to invite other students to share. It even has running electricity. But what is the catch?

Scarfies

1999

Out of the Blue poster
6.4

Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside town, in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. Based on true events.

Out of the Blue

2006

Pike River poster
6.5

In the aftermath of an explosion that rocked the Pike River Mine and took the lives of 29 West Coasters, two women step up to fight for accountability.

Pike River

2025

Two Little Boys poster
6.1

Nige runs over and accidentally kills a Scandinavian soccer star in an unfortunate incident involving a hot meat pie, a ginger cat and a policeman. He chucks the body in a nearby road works hole and runs to his best mate of fifteen years, Deano. But Deano's not the guy you should turn to in a crisis...

Two Little Boys

2012

Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story poster
4.2

Based on the best-selling book 'My Story' this feature length drama goes beyond the headlines to tell an intimate story about secrets and one woman's struggle to have them heard. In 1993 Louise Nicholas made her first shocking accusations about being raped by policemen. Some believed her, many didn't. CONSENT tells the story of the senior policeman who went to great lengths to help her fight her case, the journalist who exposed the truth, and the family at the center of the storm.

Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story

2014

Dark Stories 2: Tales from Beneath poster
8.0

Compilation of six short films from New Zealand: Hinekaro Flames from the Heart Snap The Dig The Model Valley of the Stereos

Dark Stories 2: Tales from Beneath

2002

Behind the camera

Scarfies poster
5.6

This dark comedy is set in Dunedin, New Zealand. A university student finds an old "abandoned" house and proceeds to invite other students to share. It even has running electricity. But what is the catch?

Scarfies

1999

Scarfies poster
5.6

This dark comedy is set in Dunedin, New Zealand. A university student finds an old "abandoned" house and proceeds to invite other students to share. It even has running electricity. But what is the catch?

Scarfies

1999

Out of the Blue poster
6.4

Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside town, in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. Based on true events.

Out of the Blue

2006

Pike River poster
6.5

In the aftermath of an explosion that rocked the Pike River Mine and took the lives of 29 West Coasters, two women step up to fight for accountability.

Pike River

2025

Two Little Boys poster
6.1

Nige runs over and accidentally kills a Scandinavian soccer star in an unfortunate incident involving a hot meat pie, a ginger cat and a policeman. He chucks the body in a nearby road works hole and runs to his best mate of fifteen years, Deano. But Deano's not the guy you should turn to in a crisis...

Two Little Boys

2012

Two Little Boys poster
6.1

Nige runs over and accidentally kills a Scandinavian soccer star in an unfortunate incident involving a hot meat pie, a ginger cat and a policeman. He chucks the body in a nearby road works hole and runs to his best mate of fifteen years, Deano. But Deano's not the guy you should turn to in a crisis...

Two Little Boys

2012

Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story poster
4.2

Based on the best-selling book 'My Story' this feature length drama goes beyond the headlines to tell an intimate story about secrets and one woman's struggle to have them heard. In 1993 Louise Nicholas made her first shocking accusations about being raped by policemen. Some believed her, many didn't. CONSENT tells the story of the senior policeman who went to great lengths to help her fight her case, the journalist who exposed the truth, and the family at the center of the storm.

Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story

2014

Dark Stories 2: Tales from Beneath poster
8.0

Compilation of six short films from New Zealand: Hinekaro Flames from the Heart Snap The Dig The Model Valley of the Stereos

Dark Stories 2: Tales from Beneath

2002

Jean poster
NR

The true story of Jean Batten is of a daughter determined to live up to a powerful mother, desperate to leave a mark on the world – and prepared to go to the ends of the earth to do so. This is the story of JEAN.

Jean

2016

Dark Stories 3: Tales from the Grave poster
10.0

Compilation of six short films from New Zealand: Dream Makers I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Dirty Creature Time Is a Spider Lovelock A Woman's Heart

Dark Stories 3: Tales from the Grave

2002

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NR

Julia goes to a movie to cheer herself up. She arrives late and is given a seat in the middle of the row. But surrounding her are the theatre's most distracting patrons!

Flames From The Heart

1995

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NR

Julia goes to a movie to cheer herself up. She arrives late and is given a seat in the middle of the row. But surrounding her are the theatre's most distracting patrons!

Flames From The Heart

1995

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8.3

It's the late 1950s, and the DJ of a nostalgic radio program, out-of-date in the time of the Beatles, has just been fired. On his last broadcast, he decides to play requests, and a loyal listener (according to his ratings, just about his only listener) asks for her late husband's favorite song. But when fate intervenes, the DJ has to prove just how far he'll go to make his biggest fan happy.

Signing Off

1997

No artwork available
8.3

It's the late 1950s, and the DJ of a nostalgic radio program, out-of-date in the time of the Beatles, has just been fired. On his last broadcast, he decides to play requests, and a loyal listener (according to his ratings, just about his only listener) asks for her late husband's favorite song. But when fate intervenes, the DJ has to prove just how far he'll go to make his biggest fan happy.

Signing Off

1997

No artwork available
NR

An imperious 'dream director' and her technicians create a new nightmare, using an advert for Germo toilet cleaner as inspiration. Suzie is so scared she avoids using her grandparents' loo. Meanwhile her subconscious dream team are planning their best production yet.

Dream-Makers

1992

No artwork available
NR

An imperious 'dream director' and her technicians create a new nightmare, using an advert for Germo toilet cleaner as inspiration. Suzie is so scared she avoids using her grandparents' loo. Meanwhile her subconscious dream team are planning their best production yet.

Dream-Makers

1992

No artwork available
NR

An imperious 'dream director' and her technicians create a new nightmare, using an advert for Germo toilet cleaner as inspiration. Suzie is so scared she avoids using her grandparents' loo. Meanwhile her subconscious dream team are planning their best production yet.

Dream-Makers

1992