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List Of New Zealand Film Directors
The following is a list of New Zealand film directors and producers. * Andrew Adamson * Gillian Ashurst * Barry Barclay – produced the first feature made by an indigenous person anywhere in the world. *Pietra Brettkelly – award-winning documentary filmmaker, part of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and was recently named an Arts Laureate of New Zealand * Martin Campbell * Jane Campion *Winston Cowie * Niki Caro * Max Currie (director), Max Currie * Roger Donaldson (born in Australia) * Cameron Duncan * Toa Fraser * Alex Galvin * Ainsley Gardiner * Briar Grace-Smith * Ben Hawker * Jason Lei Howden * Rudall Hayward – pioneer filmmaker * Peter Jackson, Sir Peter Jackson * Christine Jeffs * Rupert Julian aka Percival Hayes – New Zealand's first Hollywood actor, director during the Silent Era * Paul Maunder * Brad McGann * Danny Mulheron * Geoff Murphy * Andrew Niccol – film director, screenwriter * John O'She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |