Danny Mulheron

Directing

Danny Mulheron

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Danny Mulheron is a prominent New Zealand director, actor, and writer whose career spans over four decades of theatre, film, and television. After graduating from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1983, he gained early cult status for his collaboration with Peter Jackson on the puppet film Meet the Feebles (1989), where he served as a co-writer and famously performed the role of Heidi the Hippo. He further established himself as a master of satire by co-creating and directing the politically incorrect comedy series Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. His work in theatre is equally significant, including directing The Motorcamp, one of New Zealand's highest-grossing stage plays.

Known for

My Life Is Murder poster
7.2

Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. Fearless and unapologetic, Alexa's unique skills and insights into the darker quirks of human nature, allows her to provoke, comfort and push the right buttons as she unravels the truth behind the most baffling of crimes.

My Life Is Murder

2019

The Bad Seed poster
3.8

Two brothers from the same dysfunctional family, having escaped the desperate days of their early childhood, find their newly ordered lives falling apart when one becomes a suspect in a murder.

The Bad Seed

2019

Worzel Gummidge Down Under poster
8.2

Worzel Gummidge Down Under, adapted from the books written by Barbara Euphan Todd and the children's television programme produced and broadcast in the United Kingdom named Worzel Gummidge, starring Jon Pertwee. The story continued in New Zealand when Aunt Sally was sold to a Museum owner.

Worzel Gummidge Down Under

1987

Meet the Feebles poster
6.3

Heidi the Hippo, star of 'The Feebles Variety Hour', discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the big show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction, extortion, robbery, disease, Vietnam flashbacks, drug dealing, and murder.

Meet the Feebles

1989

Eruption poster
6.7

Clive de Roo scientist discovers a new source of seismic activity beneath the Gulf of Waitemata. Provides that a new volcanic eruption could occur within the next few days. But it's hard to convince skeptical colleagues, undertook efforts to minimize the effects of this disaster. When the talks on the radio about the threat, we all think he's a harmless lunatic. An ambitious wife of Clive fears, however, that the discovery of her husband may deter investors, which would win for the company, in which he works.

Eruption

2009

Fresh Meat poster
5.3

A dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Māori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals.

Fresh Meat

2012

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Meet the Feebles poster
6.3

Heidi the Hippo, star of 'The Feebles Variety Hour', discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the big show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction, extortion, robbery, disease, Vietnam flashbacks, drug dealing, and murder.

Meet the Feebles

1989

Eruption poster
6.7

Clive de Roo scientist discovers a new source of seismic activity beneath the Gulf of Waitemata. Provides that a new volcanic eruption could occur within the next few days. But it's hard to convince skeptical colleagues, undertook efforts to minimize the effects of this disaster. When the talks on the radio about the threat, we all think he's a harmless lunatic. An ambitious wife of Clive fears, however, that the discovery of her husband may deter investors, which would win for the company, in which he works.

Eruption

2009

Fresh Meat poster
5.3

A dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Māori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals.

Fresh Meat

2012

Runaway Millionaires poster
6.0

What would you do if you found $10 million in your bank account? Runaway Millionaires is the gripping true story of Kara Hurring and Leo Gao, an ordinary New Zealand couple who went on the run after an extraordinary sum of money was mistakenly deposited into their account. Made with the support of NZ On Air.

Runaway Millionaires

2019

The Dance Exponents: Why Does Love? poster
7.5

The story of the rise and fall and rise of one of New Zealand’s most loved and iconic bands, The Exponents.

The Dance Exponents: Why Does Love?

2017

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6.5

The dramatic behind-the-scenes story of All Black Stephen Donald and the pentaly kick that saved the 2011 World Cup.

The Kick

2014

Rage poster
NR

1981 - The Springbok tour divides NZ. Off the pitch, star-crossed lovers meet and hearts break in a thrilling drama.

Rage

2011

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8.0

Marty and Gina live in a run-down part of town. Their dealer is called Bernie. Bernie is an a--hole. One thing leads to another. Bernie winds up dead and Gina has the last word. Even doing the ironing can have catastrophic consequences.

The Shirt

1999