Straight out of high school, Gareth skipped his English exam to become a writer in the radio industry. After doing just about every job there is to do on a radio station (at least once) and winning a fist full of NZ and international creative awards, Gareth left radio to concentrate on screen production.

His cinematic claim to fame is that he was the first person ever to wear Weta Workshop hobbit feet!. He also spent a number of years working at Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post before leaving to give the big scary freelance world a nudge.

Recently Gareth has been working as an animation producer and performing the title role of TV3’s kids quiz show “The Simon Eliot Show”, which was nominated for Best Children’s Show in the 2007 Qantas TV Awards and had it’s second season in 2008.

Throughout his school and working life Gareth has maintained a love of live theatre, having performing everything from intimate improvised theatre to stadium rock musicals.

Gareth was a member of the 2008 Theatresports Champion team The Other Side.

Gareth was named the Sound Designer of the Year at the 2008 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards.