Background
Sarkies grew up in the South Island city of Dunedin.
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Robert Sarkies
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He attended Kaikorai Valley College.
Career
His three feature films to date have been set in Dunedin, or in the lower South Island. After his debut feature Scarfies, Sarkies followed it in 2006 with Out of the Blue, based on the 1990 Aramoana Massacre, then black comedy Two Little Boys, starring Bret McKenzie and Australia"s Hamish Blake. Sarkies began making short films as a teenager with fellow filmmaker Simon Perkins.
Achievements
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After winning an international award for his short Dream-makers, Sarkies began work on his most ambitious short to date: adventure comedy Signing Office (1996), which won four international awards and helped attract funding for Scarfies (1999), his feature debut. Winner of seven awards including Best Picture and Best Director at the New Zealand Film Awards, and a local hit, the film is part comedy, part thriller, and partly a celebration of being a university student in Dunedin. lieutenant also won six Qantas Film and Awards in September 2008, including "Best Picture - budget over $1 million".
