Justin Pemberton

Who is Justin Pemberton?

Justin Pemberton is a documentary filmmaker based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is best known for his films The Nuclear Comeback and The Golden Hour.

Justin Pemberton has a degree in psychology and a Post-graduate Diploma in Broadcast Communication from The University of Auckland.

In 2000, he established the production company The TV Set with filmmakers Megan Jones and Pietra Brettkelly and in 2008 set up his own production company called The Docufactory.

Pemberton’s film Love, Speed and Loss, about Grand Prix road-racer Kim Newcombe, won Best Documentary, Best Editing and Best Directing at the 2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards and also picked up the award for Best Arts/Festival Documentary at the 2007 Qantas Television Awards.

His next film The Nuclear Comeback investigated the nuclear power industry’s claim that, as a low carbon emitter, nuclear power is an environmentally friendly source of energy. The documentary won Best Documentary at Italy’s CinemAmbiente Film Festival in 2008 and Best New Zealand Feature Documentary at the DocNZ Film Festival. Pemberton was also awarded Achievement in Directing – Documentary at the 2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards for The Nuclear Comeback. The documentary screened on The Sundance Channel in the US and is distributed by Films Transit International.