The studio
The people and the place.
Auckland’s most complete post-production facility – purpose-built, secure, and run by people who’ve delivered for the world’s biggest streamers and studios.
Founded over a decade ago, with the aim to do things better.
Department of Post is now the largest post-production facility in Auckland, with a proven track record on large-scale international productions – giving every storyteller access to the best tools and talent, regardless of project scale or budget.
We build our own technology where the industry’s falls short – Lightpost for secure remote work, Nucleus for metadata – so the work moves faster, safer, and further.
4km+
Fibre on-site
100Gb
Network backbone
15
Editorial suites
24/7
Staffed operations
What defines us
Built for large-scale productions.
Purpose-built facility with content security at the heart of the design – studio security protocols met effortlessly
World-class lab dailies & VFX metadata handling, 24/7
Auckland’s only Dolby Atmos Premiere far-field mix stage
Established, proven HDR Dolby Vision DI workflows with colour-pipeline specialists
Advanced multi-unit QTake vidsplit & on-set DIT – set-to-post oversight
15+ onsite premium editorial spaces, plus bespoke offsite editorial dry-hire
Competitive hourly rates – more time in each department, real value vs other international facilities
Internationally experienced, skilled artists across every department
The team
The talent behind the work.
Award-winning colourists, mixers, editors and technologists. Full bios and selected credits are coming as we finalise the new site.
Executive
The people steering Department of Post – setting the standard for technology, craft and client care across the facility.
James Brookess
Director
James Gardner
Director
Christie Stewart
Head of Operations
Mitch Borland
Accounts Manager
Colour
Award-winning colourists grading features, series and documentaries in UHD HDR – including work on the only Christie RGB-laser DI theatre in the Southern Hemisphere.
James Gardner
C.S.I
Julian Dyson
C.S.I
Jack Li
Colourist
Audio
Re-recording mixers and sound editors delivering everything from 5.1 broadcast to full Dolby Atmos on our 36-seat premiere mix stage.
Derek Metivier
Audio Post Supervisor
Alex Chalcoff
Re-Recording Mixer
Yi Li
Sound Editor
Micah Livesay
Re-Recording Mixer
Online
Online editors and finishing artists conforming and delivering UHD and VFX-heavy projects to every platform spec.
Patrick Oxnam
Online Editor
Todd Columb
Online Editor
Misha Yakovlev
Online Editor
DIT / Media Operations
On-set DITs and media operators safeguarding your data from the first take – offload, dailies and chain of custody.
Ben Harris
DIT
Hazel Tan
DIT
Brandon Hermitte
DIT
Production, Facilities & Technology
The producers, engineers and technologists who keep the building running and build the tools that set us apart.
Kali Moss
Post Production Co-ordinator
Taisha Jensen
Admin Manager
Matt Kitson
Head of Technology
Technology partners
We build on the best tools in the industry – and our own where it falls short.
Proud to support
We back the festivals and initiatives that grow Aotearoa’s screen community.
- Show Me Shorts Festival
- Doc Edge Festival
- Big Screen Symposium
- NZ Cinematography Society
- Loading Docs Initiative
- African Film Festival