[1] In 1982 White co-produced (with Robert Le Tet) the psychological horror film Next of Kin,[5][6] shot in Australia, while working in a commercial production company run by advertising director Tony Williams.
[8] White collaborated with the husband-and-wife filmmakers Nadia Tass and David Parker, on their first and perhaps best known film, the award-winning 1986 comedy Malcolm, as well as Rikky and Pete (1988), and The Big Steal (1990), which were both very successful too.
[5] For Map of the Human Heart (1992), directed by his friend and collaborator Vincent Ward,[2] White worked with a multinational cast and crew, filming in locations around Europe and in the Arctic.
He co-produced the 2003 comedy crime thriller film Gettin' Square,[5][1] starring Sam Worthington and David Wenham.
[1] In 2009 White co-produced Australian director Scott Hicks' 2009 film The Boys Are Back, starring Clive Owen, and then executive produced[a] the 2010 New Zealand-South Korean fantasy action film The Warrior's Way (shot in New Zealand[1]), starring Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston, and Geoffrey Rush.
[2][5] White co-produced the 2020 drama The Furnace (2020), set in outback Western Australia in 1897 and starring David Wenham, with Tenille Kennedy.
[10] In 2022 he co-produced the musical comedy film Seriously Red, directed by Gracie Otto and featuring many of the hits of Dolly Parton.
[5][11] In 1992 he co-produced, with David Parker and Michael Wearing, the three-part multinational TV drama series Stark, written by Ben Elton and directed by Nadia Tass.
[1] White served as an executive producer on NZ director James Napier Robertson's debut feature The Dark Horse (2014); and on Robert Sarkies drama telemovie based on a true story, Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story, which won a New Zealand Film Award.