Year: 1974 - 1978
Occupation: Director, Actor, Writer

Danny is an experienced director, writer and actor in all mediums; stage, screen and television. His work as a television director has encompassed everything from drama and documentary to sketch comedy and he is well versed in all types of shooting styles from multi-cam in a studio to single camera on location. He has been nominated and won numerous Chapman Tripp Theatre awards as well as NZ Screen Awards. His most recent theatre work was in January 2011, directing Circa Theatre’s “The Motorcamp” which he co-wrote with fellow Wellington High School student Dave Armstrong. In 2004 and 2005, he directed and produced two comedy series of Seven Periods With Mr Gormsby for TVNZ. This was also written by Dave and Danny, and was based on their school days at Wellington High School. Recent television credits include directing the TV movie Eruption for TV3, two series of Paradise Cafe and a series of Emu for BBC children’s television. Danny is currently in pre-production for Rage, a large tele-feature for TVNZ about the 1981 Springbok Tour.

Year: 1973 - 1974
Occupation: Screenwriter

Fran Walsh, Lady Jackson, MNZM is a screenwriter, film producer and musician. She attended Victoria University of Wellington majoring in English literature and graduated in 1981. She then wrote scripts for television shows such as Shark in the Park and Worzel Gummidge Down Under in the 1980s. Since meeting Peter Jackson at the end of Bad Taste, she has collaborated and contributed to all of Jackson’s films, starting with the black comedy Meet the Feebles (1989). Fran is credited with Jackson and Phillipa Boyens for writing the screenplays for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. She won three Academy Awards in 2003, for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Picture, and Best Original Song, (A shadow lies between us) all for the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. She has received a total of eight Oscar nominations and countless other awards. The trio continued their screenplay work together for the 2005 remake of King Kong and Fran and Jackson collaborated on a film version of the novel The Lovely Bones. Fran is currently Executive producer & writer for the Hobbit.

Year: 1974 - 1978
Occupation: Architect

Brendan received his B.Arch degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (1984), and his M.Arch degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (1990). He has held teaching positions at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London (1996–98), at the Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris (1998–99), at SCI-Arc (2006) and at various other schools. MacFarlane is an architect and principal of Jacob & MacFarlane ,a Paris based firm. Some of his main projects include the T House at la Garenne Colombes, Paris, (1998), Restaurant Georges at the Pompidou Centre, Paris (2000), the reconstruction of the Theatre de Pont-Audemer, (1999–2000), the Docks of Paris project, three buildings for the 100 Apartments project in Paris, and The Orange Cube, Cardinal Headquarters and RBC Showroom in Lyon in 2010. Current projects include the Euronews Headquarters in Lyon, the new FRAC Architecture Exhibition Center in Orléans, a Dance and Music Conservatory in Noisy-le-Sec and the Swiss Cultural Center in Paris. Brendan’s firm Jakob+MacFarlane regularly participates in invited competitions and recently won first honourable mention of the International Taïpei Performing Arts Center Competition, Taiwan.

Year: 1970 - 1975
Occupation: Dermatologist

After training for a MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) at Otago 1985 and further clinical years in surgery at Auckland Hospital, Deborah trained in dermatology at Columbia University, in New York City in 1993 and Mohs Surgery at Baylor, Houston 1996. Deborah is Professor of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery at The University of Texas Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, Texas and is Director of Mohs Surgery Unit and Director of Procedural Dermatology She specializes in skin cancer surgery. She has published 46 major articles on her research and has ongoing research into aggressive and non aggressive non basal cell carcinomas Deborah’s textbook on ‘Skin Cancer Management’ a practical approach was published last year and she will chair the American College of Mohs Surgery 2012 meeting. Deborah is making a significant global contribution to treating and preventing skin cancers.

Year: 1971 - 1974
Occupation: 1984 Olympian – Hockey

Hus left school and qualified as an electrician then moved on to business management roles in the electrical industry. He also kept playing hockey and moved from a secondary schools rep to an U21 and senior representative. He earned 200 caps playing for Wellington. In 1983 he was chosen for the New Zealand Hockey team and earned 15 caps. Hus went to the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. After the Olympics Hus continued to play for the Wellington and NZ Indians while still enjoying local hockey playing for the Wellington Indian Sports Club. Hus has had various coaching roles from juniors to senior positions giving something back to the sport which he has enjoyed so much.