Biography

Patricia (Pat) Robins comes from an extended family of filmmakers. She has five children Paul Murphy, Robin Murphy, Matt Murphy, Linus Murphy and Miles Murphy, thirteen grandchildren which includes Ella Coco Murphy, and three great-grandchildren.

An unsung heroine of the New Zealand film industry, Pat's been a constant force in the industry since the 1960's. She started out supporting her former husband, Geoff Murphy, on his films, combining roles as a production manager, costumier and caterer, often while simultaneously taking care of her growing family. The original super mum!

In the mid 1980's she began creating her own projects with short film "Instincts" and TV drama's O'Reilly's Luck (1989) and "Matrons of Honour". More recently she wrote and directed the short film "Dying Light" which has appeared in film festivals around the world.

Now in her 70s, Pat still regularly lends her skills to the industry as a script supervisor. She has worked alongside Gaylene Preston on the TV series Hope and Wire (2014) which was broadcast on TV3, and in 2012 she supported directors Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland on their debut feature film Shopping (2013).

Her short film Food for Thought (2015) was highly commended by NZ Film Commission's Premiere Shorts fund, and short listed for their Fresh Shorts scheme, but in the final cut it was unsuccessful in securing any funding. However 10,000 NZD was raised through Boosted, which is Aotearoa's only crowdfunding platform, to make the film.