He then decided to follow New Zealand yachtsman Peter Blake as he competed and won the 1989 Whitbread Round the World race, and sold the documentary internationally.
Under his company banner, Red Sky Film & TV, Bryan Bruce is involved in most, if not all aspects of the documentary production, including writing, producing, directing, editing and often presenting.
Bruce's feature-length documentaries cover diverse topics, from natural history, biography, psychology, sociology, social justice, mental health and crime.
In addition to many one-off documentaries, Bruce also wrote, produced and directed the real crime show series, The Investigator[3] that debuted on TVNZ1 and CBS Reality in 2007.
In spite of this, it won the NZ AFTA for Best Documentary and was a Silver and Bronze Medal Winner in the Religion and History categories at The New York Festivals Television and Film Awards in 2011.