Drink Up, You're Next
Director & Writer: Nathan Higgins
Producer: Mary Rinadli, Paige Larianova
Key Cast: John Turner, Phillip Garrity, Josiah Joyce
Genres: Short
Runtime: 12 minutes 47 seconds
Completion Date: February 5, 2021
Production Budget: 3,000 NZD
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Drink Up, You're Next is a short drama about the negative cultural impacts of binge-drinking in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Connection to Waikato
Locations: Te Rore Hall near Pirongia
Cast & Crew:
- Cast – John Turner, Philip Garrity, Josiah Joyce, Callum Reid, Patrick Ward, Jane Barnett, Alister Barnett, Jamie Thomas, Dean Pinny, Wayne Green, Nathan Hancock, Andy Broekhals, Khan Ngarotata-Hansen, Alex Willix Payne, Tiffany Jackson, Mike Bowen, Richelle Davies, Julia Watkins Writer
- Nathan Higgins – Director
- Mary Rinaldi – Producer
- Paige Larianova – Producer
- David Tharratt – Cinematographer
- Rob Pendergrast – Sound recordist
- Matthew Shaskey – Boom operator
- Sam Elton-Walters – Gaffer
- Ben Corcoran – 1st AD
- Chris Hanlon – 2nd AD
- Ben Wilson – 1st AC
- Pip Grundy – Hair & Make up
- Sarah Price – Wardrobe department
- Roy Davis – Art department
- Adam Harvey – Editor
- Ben Corcoran – VFX
- Isaiah Mciver and Jason Long – Sound design
- Matthew Bannister – Musical score
- Ash Stewart – Colour grader
Nathan Higgins
Nathan is a filmmaker based in Waikato, Aotearoa/New Zealand. After performing in local theatre for years, he started to create short films and documentaries in high school, after which he graduated from South Seas Film & TV School in 2014. He’s since worked on a feature and several shorts, practicing screenwriting in between. Nathan has a keen interest in telling compelling stories grounded in his upbringing in New Zealand while giving them warmth and humour.
