David Farrier
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Farrier in 2016
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| Born | December 25, 1982 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) |
Tickled Nightline 3 News |
David Farrier (born 25 December 1982) is a New Zealand journalist. He has worked in television news and film documentary, co-producing the 2016 film Tickled, which received international distribution and critical praise.
Farrier has been a staple for 3 News, and was New Zealand Nightline's entertainment reporter from 2006 until the show's end in 2013. Notable interviews have included Trent Reznor,Karl Pilkington and Serj Tankian. In 2015 he became co-host (with reporter Samantha Hayes) for the TV3 show Newsworthy.
He often travels to Los Angeles to cover movie premieres and events such as the E3 videogame convention. He covered musician Lorde's Grammy wins from the Staples Center.
In 2011 Farrier made a documentary for TV3 about the origins of the New Zealand national anthem.
In 2014 he played the interviewer in Rhys Darby's mockumentary series Short Poppies.
In early 2014 Farrier began production of the feature-length documentary Tickled, in collaboration with Dylan Reeve. The project began when Farrier sought to do a "light entertainment" piece about videos purported to depict "competitive endurance tickling". His inquiry to Jane O'Brien Media, the videos' producer, was met with a hostile refusal to talk with him, prompting Farrier and Reeves to investigate further, and the film relates their efforts to find out more about the people involved in making the videos, and the person or persons behind them. The film premièred in January 2016 at the Sundance Film Festival and received critical praise. It was acquired by Magnolia Pictures and HBO for an undisclosed sum, and released to cinemas in June 2016.
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