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Lee Hill (cinematographer)
Lee M. Hill full name Leighton McLeod Hill (13 March 1907 – 5 June 1952) was a New Zealand film-maker and cinematographer. He was born in Carterton, attended Carterton School and Dannevirke High School, and died in Wellington. Career Hill worked for J. E. Vinsen for ten years and as a freelance. He also worked with Rudall Hayward in the 1920s, making local "community comedies", but later made some himself in competition with Hayward e.g. ''Frances of Fielding''. He was an Army photographer in the 2NZEF in World War II, being captured at Sidi Aziz in 1941 and spent several years as a German prisoner-of-war. Towards the end of the war he was in Oflag IX A/Z at Rotenburg an der Fulda, where he showed German silent films to prisoners. When the camp was marched east in 1945 he took a series of photographs of the march. Examples of these are in the Turnbull Collection, New Zealand. After the war, Hill was associated with Apex Films Ltd and his own Television Films Ltd. He took over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carterton, New Zealand
Carterton ( mi, Taratahi) is a small town in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and the seat of the Carterton District (a territorial authority or local government district). It lies in a farming area of the Wairarapa in New Zealand's North Island. It is located southwest of Masterton and northeast of Wellington. The town has a population of ), out of a total district population of . Carterton was founded in 1857. Originally known as ''Three Mile Bush'', it served as housing for workers building the road between Wellington and Masterton. It was later renamed after Charles Carter, who was in charge of the building of the Black Bridge over the Waiohine River south of the town. The town describes itself as New Zealand's daffodil capital, holding a Daffodil Festival each year on the second Sunday in September, with the main event taking place at Middle Run along Gladstone Road. History Carterton was the first place in the world to elect a transgender mayor, Georgina Beyer. Beyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
