About Us
GROUND CONTROL is headed by co-founders Mel Turner & Axel Paton who provide highly comprehensive production and producing services for international studio partners in New Zealand. Their robust producing combination, backed by their highly skilled team, makes GROUND CONTROL an essential counterpart to your next project in New Zealand. GROUND CONTROL have deep local knowledge and international industry expertise from completion of many productions resulting in extensive screen time hours, and the ability to effortlessly blend the best of their creative and practical experience to deliver optimal results, both on and off the screen. As industry leaders in physical production, the guidance and security GROUND CONTROL provides is invaluable with their bespoke ‘end to end’ production service.
World-Class Partner
GROUND CONTROL has long forged a strong professional rapport with New Zealand’s world-class cast, crew and innovative screen vendors. Collaborations like these are more than three decades deep within the NZ screen industry and create the short-hand that forge the foundations and success of partnering with GROUND CONTROL. You will experience the significant advantage of a fully end to end production service from early feasibility (scouting, board and budget) through to physical production, post production, and final delivery of the New Zealand Screen Production Rebate. GROUND CONTROL can scale a package to suit, while having the secure knowledge they are fully proficient in delivering international studio creative and financial expectations, while always remaining down to earth, solution focused and adaptable in their producing approach.
“Creative adaptability keeps me coming back”
Sam Raimi | Director
