E112 | Mike Minogue

Episode summary | Mike Minogue

Mike Minogue has been working in the film and television industry since 2003.

He’s an agent, creator, writer, producer, actor, a member of The Alternative Commentary Collective, and a host of The Big Show on Radio Hauraki.

After growing up in Levin and partying in Sydney he returned to New Zealand to start a career as a runner on some of the major movie projects in New Zealand through the 2000s.

What followed was a career that took him from behind the scenes to in front of the camera, including a brief cameo as Officer Minogue in the Taika Waititi mockumentary 'What We Do in the Shadows' that eventually earned a reprised role in the hit spin-off TV show ‘Wellington Paranormal’.

His all around talents have also seen him write, direct, and produce several projects for the small screen and he recently produced the critically acclaimed film, ‘Coming Home in the Dark’.

Show notes | Mike Minogue

2:39: Paul Henry should scale down and a special Between Two Beers announcement

7:21: An emergency circumcision

11:57: Reflections on growing up in Levin

16:03: Mike Minogue’s relationship with alcohol

21:48: A career as a salesman and partying in Sydney  

28:10: Roadie, runner, dishwasher, actor

34:40: Losing his father

39:03: How getting fired changed the course of Mike’s career

46:10: A Karen O’Leary interlude

50:22: Making an effort with Te Ao Maori

55:40: Wellington Paranormal, Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement

58:52: Working with Leigh Hart on The Late Night Big Breakfast

1:00:46: Improvisation and the experience of working on What We Do In The Shadows

1:06:20: Unknowingly impressing The Alternative Commentary Collective

1:12:41: Hauraki Big Show

1:20:59: Coming Home in the Dark and the role of the Producer

1:26:37: Helping guide others: setting up Frank Management

1:34:41: Last words from Steve, Seamus and Mike