Carthew Neal is a New Zealand film, television and interactive producer. He was named Independent Producer of the Year in 2016 at the New Zealand SPADA conference. He was also named in Variety's 2016 Producers to Watch.
Neal produced Taika Waititi's adventure comedy film Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which stars Sam Neill and Julian Dennison. It is based on best selling novel Wild Pork & Watercress written by Barry Crump. Hunt for the Wilderpeople premieres at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It became New Zealand's number #1 at the box office and sold out to all territories worldwide.
He also has produced David Farrier and Dylan Reeve's feature documentary Tickled, which is also premiering in the World Documentary Competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It was released by Magnolia and HBO in the US and sold by Magnolia worldwide.
He produced Justin Pemberton's interactive documentary I Spy. A co-production with Canadian digital company Jam3 and a second season of cartoon, Aroha Bridge.
Carthew is associate producer on Walt Disney Pictures film Pete's Dragon, working under Barrie M. Osborne.
He produced TV3 comedy Super City starring Madeleine Sami. Super City had two seasons directed by Taika Waititi and Oscar Kightley. It has been piloted in the United States with American Broadcasting Company.