CJZ
CJZ is Australia’s largest locally owned production company, producing more original primetime series than any other independent production group in Australia and New Zealand. The company works across all genres - specialising in factual, entertainment, comedy and drama.
Formerly | Cordell Jigsaw Productions |
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Type | Independent production company |
Industry | Television production |
Genre | Drama, Factual, Entertainment, Comedy |
Key people | Matt Campbell, CEO Toni Malone, Director of Production Claire Tonkin, Head of Drama Andrew Farrell, Head of Factual Damian Davis, Head of Entertainment/Comedy |
Owner | Michael Cordell Nick Murray |
Website | https://www.cjz.com.au/ |
Signature programs include the ABC’s long running entertainment show, Gruen (ABC), Bondi Rescue (Ten), the hit 2020 crime series Murder in the Outback (Channel 4 UK/Seven Network), true crime series The Good Cop (Foxtel) winner of the 2019 Factual Logie, Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (ABC), Undercurrent (Seven network) Shaun Micallef’s On The Sauce (ABC), Life Drawing Live (SBS), Russel Howcroft’s MOJO documentary (ABC), Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Boy (Universal/Seven), and the ground-breaking format Go Back to Where You Came From (SBS) which won an International Emmy Award, and the top TV award in the world, the Rose d’Or.
CJZ’s drama slate includes My Life is Murder starring Lucy Lawless (Ten/Acorn), House of Hancock, a biopic on one of the world’s richest (and most litigious) women (Nine Network), House of Bond, the rags to riches to rags tale of the fallen entrepreneur and Americas Cup winner Alan Bond, a quiver of seven Blackjack telemovies (Ten/BBC), and The Great Mint Swindle (Nine Network). CJZ’s scripted comedies include Mr Black (Ten), Street Smart (Ten), You’re Skitting Me (ABC Me) and Shaun Micallef’s The Ex-PM (ABC).
CJZ’s principals are Michael Cordell and Nick Murray who between them, have decades of television and media experience. Director of Production is Toni Malone. CEO is Matt Campbell, former Director of Content at SBS and former MD of Shine Australia.
CJZ proudly owns leading NZ indie Greenstone, which produces some of the highest rating shows on NZ television including Motorway Patrol, Border Patrol and Renters. The third series of tween drama Cul de Sac continues to garner huge acclaim. Its newest drama, Vegas began production in late 2020. Greenstone has a full slate of factual series in production, with offices in Auckland and Dubai.
List of CJZ Shows [1][2]
- 30 Seconds
- A Case for the Coroner
- Aftershock (TV Series)
- Anatomy of a Massacre
- Asylum, Live at the Forum
- Australian Federal Police (TV series)
- BlackJack (TV Series)
- Bondi Rescue
- Bondi Rescue Bali
- Can of Worms
- Christians Like Us
- CNNNN
- Court Justice
- Crossing The Line
- Cruising: The Biggest Storm
- Dave in the Life
- David Tench Tonight
- Demolition Man
- Drama School
- Dumb, Drunk and Racist
- Elders with Andrew Denton
- Enough Rope
- Flying Boomerangs (Documentary)
- Go Back to Where You Came From
- God on My Side
- Great Southern Land (Documentary)
- Gruen
- Gruen Nation
- Gruen Planet
- The Gruen Transfer
- Guerrilla Gardeners
- Hardliners (TV Series)
- House of Bond
- House of Hancock
- How Australia got it's Mojo
- Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
- Kebab Kings
- Life Drawing Live
- Living the End
- Marry Me, Marry My Family
- MegaTruckers
- Mr. Black
- Murder In The Outback: The Lees and Falconio Mystery
- Music and Murder
- My Life is Murder
- O'Loghlin On Saturday Night
- Out of the Question (game show)
- Pauline Hanson: Please Explain!
- Part-Time Private Eyes
- Reality Check
- Recruits: Paramedics
- Recruits
- Reputation Rehab
- Revolution School
- Ron Iddles: The Good Cop
- Running to America
- Shaun Micallef's On The Sauce
- Shitsville Express
- Sleek Geeks
- Stupid, Stupid Man
- Suspicious Minds
- Tales of the Unexpected (TV Program)
- The Checkout
- The Ex-PM
- The Full Brazilian
- The Great Australian Cookbook
- The Great Mint Swindle
- The Joy of Sets
- The Obesity Myth
- The Outlaw Michael Howe
- The Ronnie Johns Half Hour
- The Tunnel (Online Feature Film)
- Three boys Dreaming
- Two Men in a Tinnie
- Two in the Top End
- Two Men in China
- Two on the Great Divide
- Undercurrent
- Uranium (Documentary)
- Wanted
- Welcher & Welcher
- Working Class Boy
- The Year of the Dogs (Documentary)
- You're Skitting Me
Greenstone
Greenstone TV is a New Zealand-based television production company that produces factual, entertainment, drama and documentary programs.
Greenstone was founded in 1994 by John Harris. In December 2013 Greenstone was purchased by Australian production company CJZ, creating an independent international production group.[3]
Greenstone Shows
- The Cul de Sac
- Renters (TV Series)
- Motorway Patrol
- Highway Patrol (Australian TV series)
- Gutsful! (TV Series)
- Dog Squad
- Decades in Colour
- Border Patrol (TV series)
- Young Ocean Explorers
- The Women of Pike River
- Unsung Heroes (TV Series)
- Under the Bridge (Documentary)
- Type II: The Silent Killer
- The Zoo (Australian TV series)
- The Tem Show (TV Series)
- The School of Series and Format
- The Outsiders (TV Program)
- The Kiwi who Saved Britain
- The Big Ward (TV Program)
- The Amazing Extraordinary Friends
- Taonga (New Zealand TV series)
- Spellbound (TV Program)
- Showtime (New Zealand TV Series)
- Shipwrecked (TV Program)
- SCU: Serious Crash Unit
- Secret Agent Men 2
- Saving the World from my Shed
- Raise My Kids
- Private Lives Strand
- Neighbours at War
- Mike King Tonight
- Mercury Lane (TV Series)
- Kirsa: A Mother's Story
- Keeping It Pure
- in beTWEEN (TV Series)
- Hudson and Halls
- History under the Hamer
- Highway Cops (TV Series)
- Epitaph (TV series)
- Emergency (New Zealand TV Series)
- Crump (TV Series)
- Crash Investigation Unit
- Coastwatch Oz
- Coastwatch (TV Series)
- Charlotte My Story
- Business of Crime Strand
- Bella (Short Film)
- Ask Your Auntie
- AEF: 360
- 5 Days in the Red Zone
References
- "CJZ, about".
- "CJZ — Programs". CJZ. CJZ. 17 August 2019.
- Bodey, Michael (15 Nov 2013). "Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder consolidates with Greenstone TV buy". the Australian.