Costa Botes
Costa Botes (27 December 1958 - 21 November 2025) was a New Zealand filmmaker. He is known for co-creating the mockumentary Forgotten Silver with Peter Jackson. Botes directed the feature film Saving Grave, released in 1998.
Also recorded as Konstantinos Botes
Costa Botes
- Name
- Costa Botes
- Birth Name
- Konstantinos Botes
- Born
- 27 December 1958
- Birthplace
- Agrídia, Imbros, Turkey
- Died
- 21 November 2025
- Place of death
- Newtown, New Zealand
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Education
- Ilam School of Fine Arts
- Languages
- English
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It was an adaptation of a 1994 play by Duncan Sarkies. Botes created a number of documentary films including The Last Dogs of Winter (2011), Act of Kindness (2015, with Sven Pannell), Angie (2018) and When the Cows Come Home (2022).
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• Name — Costa Botes • Birth Name — Konstantinos Botes • Born — 27 December 1958 • Birthplace — Agrídia, Imbros, Turkey • Died — 21 November 2025 • Place of death — Newtown, New Zealand • Occupation — Filmmaker
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- 1.Swainson, Richard. Days of Future Past: Costa Botes, a filmmaker right to the end. 20 December 2025.
- 2.Hickman, Bill. Film, documentary maker Costa Botes dies after nearly a decade with cancer. Radio New Zealand. 23 November 2025.
- 3.Pryor, Ian. Remembering Forgotten Silver: How Costa Botes co-created a NZ classic. The Spinoff. 29 November 2025.
- 4.The Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand. Vale Costa Botes. 26 November 2025.
- 5.Scheib, Richard. Saving Grace (1998).
- 6.Simon, Alissa. The Last Dogs of Winter. Variety. 2011-09-10.
- 7.Act of Kindness. FilmInk. 2017.
- 8.New Zealand International Film Festival. Angie 2018.
- 9.Gill, Mary Anne. Cambridge cows star on screen. 5 November 2022.
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