CJZ

Australian production company
  • Drama
  • Factual
  • Entertainment
  • Comedy
Predecessors
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)Founders
  • Michael Cordell
  • Nick Murray
Headquarters
Sydney, New South Wales
,
Australia
Key people
  • Matt Campbell (CEO)
  • Toni Malone (Director of Production)
  • Claire Tonkin (Head of Drama)
  • Andrew Farrell (Head of Factual)
  • Damian Davis (Head of Entertainment/Comedy)
SubsidiariesGreenstone TVWebsitewww.cjz.com.au

CJZ, formerly Cordell Jigsaw Productions, is an Australian production company which have produced more original primetime series than other independent production groups in Australia and New Zealand.[1] The company produces content across all genres, with a focus on factual, entertainment, comedy and drama programming.

CJZ was co-founded by Michael Cordell and Nick Murray, who serve as the company's managing director and creative director respectively.[1] The director of production is Toni Malone and the CEO is Matt Campbell, who is former director of content at SBS and former managing director of Shine Australia.

CJZ also owns Greenstone TV, a New Zealand based television company, with offices in Auckland and Dubai. Greenstone TV was founded in 1994 by John Harris. In December 2013, Greenstone TV was purchased by Australian production company CJZ.[2]

List of CJZ shows

A list of CJZ's programming is below:[3][4]

Greenstone TV shows

  • 5 Days in the Red Zone
  • AEF: 360
  • The Amazing Extraordinary Friends
  • Ask Your Auntie
  • Bella
  • The Big Ward
  • Border Patrol
  • Business of Crime Strand
  • Charlotte My Story
  • Coastwatch Oz
  • Coastwatch
  • Crash Investigation Unit
  • Crump
  • The Cul de Sac
  • Decades in Colour
  • Dog Squad
  • Emergency
  • Epitaph
  • Fighting Fat
  • Going Going Gone
  • Gutsful!
  • Highway Cops
  • Highway Patrol
  • History Under the Hammer
  • Hudson and Halls
  • in beTWEEN
  • Keeping it Pure
  • Kirsa: A Mother's Story
  • The Kiwi who Saved Britain
  • Mercury Lane
  • Mike King Tonight
  • Motorway Patrol
  • Neighbours at War
  • The Outsiders
  • Private Lives Strand
  • Raise My Kids
  • Renters
  • Saving the World from My Shed
  • School of Home Truths
  • The School of Series and Format
  • SCU: Serious Crash Unit
  • Secret Agent Men
  • Shipwrecked
  • Showtime
  • Special Investigators
  • Spellbound
  • Taonga
  • The Tem Show
  • Type II: The Silent Killer
  • Under the Bridge
  • Unsung Heroes
  • The Women of Pike River
  • Young Ocean Explorers
  • The Zoo

References

  1. ^ a b Knox, David (28 March 2019). "Local the key to CJZ success". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ Bodey, Michael (15 November 2013). "Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder consolidates with Greenstone TV buy". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. ^ "CJZ – About". 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  4. ^ "CJZ – Programs". CJZ. 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2019.