Film New Zealand chief executive Gisella Carr says it is an opportunity to showcase New Zealand and says the best way to promote the country is to have such people come here.
Opinions on bringing overseas entertainment professionals to New Zealand are mixed.
New Zealand TV film producer Tony Holden - who made series like the Spin Doctors and Funny Business - says Kiwi programme makers can learn from watching overseas people and markets.
But it was better to subsidise New Zealanders going to foreign markets, rather than them coming here.
The reality was that foreign markets and comedy did not necessarily transfer easily.
The nature of budgets and the way TV was made meant the two markets were very different.
It was nice to think that New Zealanders might make contact with Aronsohn on his visit, but realistically that was unlikely, he said.
