Julia Parnell

Julia Parnell is an award winning film and television producer.Her latest project is 'SIX60: TILL THE LIGHTS GO OUT' a documentary on New Zealand's biggest band as they reveal their untold story of ambition and creative vulnerability.www.theDOC.nz www.patreon.com/theDOCNZ www.twitter.com/patbrittenden

Julia Parnell is the director of Six60: Till The Lights Go Out, a documentary that charts the band's meteoric rise. Six60 are the biggest local band ever - even if they're yet to crack it overseas. And yet the critics generally hate them, for reasons that remain a little unclear. They are the ultimate example of the old showbiz saying - nobody liked them but the public. Julia's last film was about the Chills - a band that suffered the opposite problem, they were critical darlings. So, what's the difference? Julia Parnell joins Simon Morris to explain.

The sound of The Chills is one that became famous here in New Zealand in the 1980s, and further afield.But as the The Chills were about conquer the world, the music industry changed, and Martin Phillips, the lyrical genius behind The Chills, found himself back in Dunedin with a drug addiction, and later on, severe health issues.That story is retold in The Chills: The Tragedy and Triumph of Martin Phillips, a new documentary that explores his past. Phillips and directer Julia Parnell joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss the documentary and that era of New Zealand music.

Today we chatted with Julia Parnell, director of The Chills Film, The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps.It's an awesome doco, not just a look into the Dunedin Sound and The Chills, but a look at life, hope, regret, health and a life lived by one of NZ's iconic musicians.Keep an eye out for it at your local cinema, The Chills Filmhttps://www.madmanfilms.com.au/the-chills-the-triumph-tragedy-of-martin-phillipps/================Youtubehttps://goo.gl/uLs7j5Spotifyhttps://goo.gl/zYQUhCiTuneshttps://goo.gl/rMFT7FStitcherhttps://goo.gl/GQkfpS

Julia Parnell (Loading Docs) Interview by Chris Armstrong on Radio One 91fm Dunedin