Annie Goldson

Anne Veronica Goldson ONZM is a New Zealand journalism and film academic specialising in documentaries.^[1] Her films include Punitive Damage, Georgie Girl, Brother Number One and Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web.

Annie Goldson ONZM
Known for	Documentary film
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Auckland
Thesis	A claim to truth : documentary, politics, production (2004)
Doctoral advisor	Roger Horrocks Laurence Simmons

Career

Goldson has a BSc from Otago University, a Diploma in Journalism from Canterbury University, a Master of Arts from New York University and a PhD from the University of Auckland.^[1] The title of her doctoral thesis was A claim to truth: documentary, politics, production.^[2] She is currently a professor of Media and Communication at the University of Auckland.^[1]

Honours and awards

Goldson was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2007 for services to film^[3][4] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2007.^[5][6] She was awarded the Humanities Aronui Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2021.^[7] In 2023, she received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award.^[8]

Selected works

• Goldson, A. (12/3/2017). Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web, South by South West Festival, Austin, Texas (premiere).^{[9][10][11][12][13][14]}
• Goldson, A. (2015). Journalism plus?: The resurgence of creative documentary. Pacific Journalism Review, 21 (2), 86–98.
• King, B., Goldson, A. V., & Robie, D. (Eds.) (2015). Documentary practice in the Asia-Pacific. Auckland: Pacific Media Centre. Pages: 217.
• Goldson, A. V. (2014). Testimony and Translation: Tracing the Past in Brother Number One. Studies in Documentary Film, 8 (1), 2–20. 10.1080/17503280.2014.900709.