IEC
#1: From interview [NZ On Screen, 2011]
#2: 2010
Born: 2 August 1947, Helensville [Auckland], New Zealand.
Education: Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland [ESFA] [Sculpture/Installation; one of his teachers was the photographer Robert 'Tom' Hutchins (1921-2007)].
Career: Made light installations for the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth [1970]. Directed music videos.
Member and president of the NZCS.
Appeared in the doc 'Riding the Wave: The Whale Rider Story' [2003, Jonathan Brough; ph: Sian Clement, a.o.].
Awards: As doph: New Zealand Film Award [1994] for 'Desperate Remedies'; New Zealand TV Award [1997] & TV Guide TV Award [1997] for 'Possum'; TV Guide TV Award [1998] for 'Duggan - Death in Paradise'; New Zealand Film Award [2000] for 'The Price of Milk'; New Zealand Film Award nom [2003] for 'Whale Rider'; Air New Zealand Screen Award nom [2006] for 'No. 2'; The Arts Foundation Laureate Award [2010].
As dir: New Zealand Film Award [1988] for 'Illustrious Energy'.
FILMS | |
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1971 |
Parallax [Leon Narbey] exp film; unfinished |
1971 |
Earthworks - Temporary Instant in the Continuum of Universal Ebb and Flow [seg 'Desert Road New Zealand' dir by Geoff Steven] ?; exp short/12m; 8 seg |
1975 |
Te Matakite o Aotearoa/The Maori Land March [Geoff Steven] 16mm/c; doc/60m |
1977 |
Someday Morning [Leon Narbey] 16mm/c; exp short/3m; made for stage show 'Slaughter on Cockroach Avenue' |
1978 |
Skin Deep [Geoff Steven] c |
1978 |
In Spring One Plants Alone [Vincent Ward] 16mm/c; doc/43m; cph: Alun Bollinger; prod ESFA |
1979 |
The Hammer and the Anvil [: A Trade Union History of New Zealand] [Gerd Pohlmann] c; doc/57m; addph: Steve Newman; prod DFFB |
1979 |
Gung Ho: Rewi Alley of China [Geoff Steven] b&w-c; doc/50m |
1979 |
The Humble Force [Geoff Steven] b&w-c; doc/50m |
1979 |
Bastion Point: Day 507 [Leon Narbey, Merata Mita & Gerd Pohlmann] 16mm/b&w; doc/26m; + ed |
1979 |
Karanga hokianga ki o tamariki [Merata Mita & Gerd Pohlmann] 16mm/c; doc/54m |
1980 |
In Joy [Stephanie Beth] 16mm/?; doc/28m |
1980 |
Queen Street [Martin Blyth] 16mm/c; short/34m |
1981 |
Man of the Trees [Leon Narbey] c; doc/26m; + archive footage (1952) |
1981 |
Patu! [Merata Mita] 16mm/c; doc/112m; co-addph; ph: Barry Harbert |
1981 |
Flight 901: The Erebus Disaster [John Keir] c; doc/51m; cph: Donald Duncan & Dennis Clark |
1982 |
The Bridge - A Story of Men in Dispute [Gerd Pohlmann & Merata Mita] 16mm/c; doc/57m; addph: Steve Newman, Roger Donaldson & Barry Harbert |
1982 |
Australia's First Foreign War: The Waikato [John Laynton] c; doc/25m |
1982 |
O.K., Let's Watch [Mort Schreiber] ?; doc/47m; cph: M. Schreiber & Lynton Diggle |
1983 |
Every Dancer's Dream [Gregor Nicholas] c; doc/25m; cph: Alan Locke & Kevin Hayward |
1983 |
Strata/Figures Beyond Glass [Geoff Steven] c |
1983 |
Trespasses/Omen of Evil [Peter Sharp] c; based on tv-series 'Mortimer's Patch' (1980-81 & 1984) |
1984 |
Other Halves [John Laing] c |
1985 |
Napier: Newest City on the Globe [Peter Wells] b&w-c; doc/28m |
1985 |
Drum / Sing [Gregor Nicholas] c; perf (with music-performance group 'From Scratch')/22m; cph: Alan Locke, Ian Paul & Stuart Dryburgh |
1988 |
Beyond Gravity [Garth Maxwell] c; short/48m; also seg of 'Boys on Film 3' |
1988 |
The Lounge Bar [Don McGlashan & Harry Sinclair] c; short/12m |
1989 |
Just Me and Mario [Greg Stitt] 16mm/c; short/54m |
1990 |
Ruby and Rata [Gaylene Preston] 16mm/c; 2uc: Fred Renata |
1991 |
Red Delicious [Garth Maxwell] 16mm/c; short/15m |
1992 |
Desperate Remedies [Stewart Main & Peter Wells] c |
1994 |
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry [Michael Hurst] c; short/15m |
1994 |
Avondale Dogs [Gregor Nicholas] b&w; short/15m; 2uc; ph: Ian Paul |
1994 |
Snap [Stuart McKenzie] b&w-c; short/15m |
1996 |
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives [Harry Sinclair] 16mm/c; ph Ant's Film; ph: Dale McCready; feature version of tv-series |
1996 |
Naya zamana/Modern Times [Mandrika Rupa] 16mm/c; short/10m |
1997 |
Blood [Fiona Copland] DigiBeta/c; doc/47m |
1998 |
Flying [Charlie de Salis] c; short/14m |
1998 |
Savage Honeymoon [Mark Beesley] c |
1999 |
Punitive Damage [Annie Goldson] s16/c; doc/72m; addph: Simon Riera, Ho Yuhang, a.o.; Dili Footage (East Timor, 1991): Max Stahl |
1999 |
Jubilee [Michael Hurst] c |
1999 |
The Price of Milk [Harry Sinclair] s35/c |
200? |
Like Minds Like Mine [Kevin Denholm] 16mm/?; doc/?m |
2000 |
Camping with Camus [Alan D'Arcy Erson] c; short/11m |
2001 |
Tick [Rebecca Hobbs] c; short/7m |
[Left] - "Whale Rider"
2001 |
Whale Rider/Te kaieke tohora [Niki Caro] s35/c; vfx ph: Kevin Riley; uwph: Sigmund Spath |
2002 |
Tangi - The Crying [Michael Bennett] ?; short/15m |
2003 |
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion [Tom Peosay] various-to-35mm/c; doc/104m |
2004 |
Kerosene Creek [Michael Bennett] c; short/13m |
2004 |
Perfect Creature [Glenn Standring] p/c; 2uc: Paul Samuels |
2005 |
No. 2/Naming Number Two [Toa Fraser] s16-35bu/c |
2005 |
The New Oceania [Shirley Horrocks] c; doc/73m; cph: Craig Wright; addph: Matthew Perry |
2006 |
The Tattooist [Peter Burger] scope/c; uwph: Manning Tillman |
2007 |
Rain of the Children [Vincent Ward] 16mm+DigiBeta-to-35mm/c; doc + dram seq/98m; cph: Adam Clark; addph: Rewa Harre; aph: Murray Milne & Blair Monk; uses footage from 'In Spring One Plants Alone' (1978) |
2007 |
Dean Spanley/My Talks with Dean Spanley [Toa Fraser] s16+HD (ARRI D-20)-to-35mm/c |
2008 |
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls [Leanne Pooley] dv/c; doc/82m; cph: Wayne Vinten; addph: Rewa Harre, John Cavill, a.o. |
2008 |
Dance of the Instant [- The New Dance Group - Wellington 1945-1947] [Shirley Horrocks] b&w-c; doc/80m & 46m; addph; ph: David Paul |
2009 |
Art That Moves [- The World of Len Lye] [Roger Horrocks] c; short/18m |
2009 |
The Man in the Hat [Luit Bieringa] c; doc/75m; 2nd cam (add footage): Martyn Williams |
2009 |
Beat [Virginia Pitts] HD/c; dance short/15m |
2009 |
Va Tapuia/Sacred Spaces [Tauti Tusi Tamasese] c; short/16m |
2009 |
The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell [Brendan Donovan] c; 2uc; ph: Tristan Milani |
2009 |
Eeling [Peter McCully] RED-to-35mm/c; short/11m; uwph: Sigmund Spath |
2010 |
The Winter Boy [Rachel House] scope/c; short/8m |
[Center] with Tusi Tamasese [right] - "O le tulafale"
2010 |
O le tulafale/The Orator [Tusi Tamasese] c |
2012 |
Giselle [Toa Fraser] HD (ARRI ALEXA + Canon EOS C300)/c; ballet film/104m |
2013 |
The Dead Lands [Toa Fraser] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT + Sony F55) scope/c; addph: Grant McKinnon; filmed 2013-14 |
2015 |
Tom Who? The Enigma of Tom Kreisler 1938-2002 [Shirley Horrocks] c; doc/72m; cph: Ron Egozi & Adrian Greshoff |
2015 |
One Thousand Ropes [Tusi Tamasese] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c |
TELEVISION | |
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1974 |
Rally '...like little boys in a man-size sport' [Tony Williams] doc/44m; co-2uc; ph: Alun Bollinger, Roger Donaldson, T. Williams, a.o. |
1979 |
China's Patriot Army [Geoff Steven] doc/20m |
1980 |
The Greatest Run on Earth [Sam Pillsbury] doc/?m; co-addph; ph: John Phillpotts |
1985 |
A Fitting Tribute [Greg Stitt] tvm/29m; ep #3 of 7-part series 'About Face' (1986) |
1985 |
Return Journey [Shereen Maloney] tvm/29m; ep #5 of 7-part series 'About Face' (1986) |
1987 |
Kai Purakau/The Story Teller [Gaylene Preston] doc/28m/16mm; for Thames-tv |
1990 |
A Little Film About Tivaevae: Cook Island Quilting [Meg Sheffield] doc/24m; cph: Darryl Ward; for BBC-tv (Open University) |
1990 |
Linda's Body [Harry Sinclair] tvm/24m |
1991 |
Pleasures and Dangers [: Artists of the '90s] [Shirley Horrocks] doc/52m |
1993 |
Act of Murder [Shirley Horrocks] doc/48m/16mm; ep series 'Work of Art' |
1993 |
Expressions of Freedom [Kerry Fowler] doc/?m; ep series 'Work of Art' |
1994 |
Flip & Two Twisters [Shirley Horrocks] doc/b&w-c/46m; ep series 'Work of Art' |
1994 |
Peter Peryer: Portrait of a Photographer [Greg Stitt] doc/b&w-c/29m; ep series 'Work of Art' |
1995 |
Putting Our Town on the Map [Shirley Horrocks] doc/43m/v |
1996 |
Kiwiana [Shirley Horrocks] doc/46m |
1996 |
Kiwiana - kiwi as! [Shirley Horrocks] doc/43m; sequel to 'Kiwiana' |
1996 |
Transformers [Shirley Horrocks] doc/30m; ep series 'Work of Art' |
1996 |
Coal Face/Coalface [Greg Stitt] tvm/47m/BetaSP |
1997 |
Possum [Brad McGann] tvm/19m |
1997 |
Velvet Dreams [Sima Urale] doc/b&w-c/46m/DigiBeta; ep series 'Work of Art' |
1997 |
Duggan [ep #0 'Death in Paradise' dir by Yvonne Mackay] tvm/s16; 2uc: Sean O'Donnell & James Cowley |
1998 |
Duggan [ep #1 'Sins of the Father' dir by Yvonne Mackay] tvm/s16; 2uc: Sean O'Donnell & Waka Attewell; 12-part series, 1998-99 |
1999 |
Duggan [ep #3-4 'A Shadow of Doubt, Part 1 & Part 2' dir by Yvonne Mackay] see 1998 |
2000 |
Clare [Yvonne Mackay] tvm |
2001 |
Early Days Yet [: A Profile of the Poet Allen Curnow] [Shirley Horrocks] doc/73m; addph: Craig Wright, Alan Locke & Stephen Delaney |
2004 |
Marti: The Passionate Eye [Shirley Horrocks] doc/73m; co-addph; ph: Craig Wright |
With dir Paul Swadel [right] - "Colin McCahon: I Am"
2004 |
Colin McCahon: I Am [Paul Swadel] doc/b&w-c/72m/16mm+s8+mdv+DigiBeta-to-?; cam Australian crew: Andrew Wallace & Craig Donaldson |
2005 |
Who Laughs Last? [: A Documentary About Roger Hall] [Shirley Horrocks] doc/25m; cph: Stephen Press, David Paul & Matthew Perry |
2005 |
Reflections - Gretchen Albrecht [John & Karen Bates] doc/70m; addph; ph: Swami Hansa; ep TV One 'Artsville'-series |
2007 |
The Big Picture [: A History of New Zealand Art] [Paul Swadel] 6-part doc series; cph: Andrew Commis; for TV One |
2007 |
Questions for Mr Reynolds [Shirley Horrocks] doc/64m/dv; cph: Craig Wright; ep TV One 'Artsville'-series |
2007 |
The Comics Show [Shirley Horrocks] doc/50m; cph: Craig Wright; addph: Matthew Perry & Frederic de Poncharra; ep TV One 'Artsville'-series |
2008 |
Life's a Riot [Ian Mune] tvm; ep series 'Sunday Theatre' (2009) |
MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1975 |
The Games Affair [Bruce Clark; 6-part tv-series] co-c.asst; ph: Paul Leach |
1993 |
Bread and Roses [Gaylene Preston; 4-part tv-miniseries & feature film] co-c.op; ph: Allen Guilford |
2013 |
Restoring Hope [Eugene Carnachan & Julia Parnell; tv-doc/52m (for Māori-tv)] co-c.op; ph: Dominic Fryer |
FILMS AS DIRECTOR | |
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1968 |
Room One [exp short/4m; + ed] ph: Rodney Charters; based on a light installation by L. Narbey; prod ESFA |
1968 |
Room Two [exp short/5m] ph: Rodney Charters & Robert Hutchins; based on a light installation by L. Narbey; prod ESFA |
1970 |
A Film of Real Time: A Light Sound Environment [exp short/9m] ph: Robert Hutchins; prod ESFA |
1971 |
Parallax [+ ph] unfinished |
1977 |
Someday Morning [+ ph] see Films |
1979 |
Bastion Point - Day 507 [co-d: Merata Mita & Gerd Pohlmann; + ph/ed] see Films |
1981 |
Man of the Trees [+ ph] see Films |
1987 |
Illustrious Energy/Dreams of Home [feature; + co-scrpl] ph: Alan Locke |
1991 |
The Footstep Man [feature; + co-scrpl] ph: Allen Guilford |
1996 |
Visible Evidence [tv-doc/47m] ph: John Christoffels; ep series 'Work of Art' |