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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 B.A. 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 a production company on his own called The Docufactory.

Pemberton’s film Love, Speed and Loss about Grand Prix 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 industry’s claim that, as a low carbon emitter, it 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.

Pemberton has frequently worked with New Zealand musician Anika Moa, having directed two documentaries following the singer, five of her music videos and numerous photo shoots including the cover of her 2010 album Love In Motion. Moa has also composed the soundtracks for five of Pemberton’s films.

In 2012 he wrote and directed the docudrama feature The Golden Hour, based on the heroic achievements of New Zealand athletes Peter Snell and Murray Halberg at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. The film received critical acclaim from both the New Zealand Herald and the Dominion Post.

Pemberton served on the Executive Board of the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand from 2007-2009.