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early in his career where he worked on ''Tangata Whenua - the People of the Land (1974),'' directed by

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, and written and presented by Michael King. Independently and through his production company Valhalla Films, Attewell has filmed and directed short films, features, documentary, music video's and commercials. Developing future film makers has been part of Attewell's career, teaching cinematography at various film schools in New Zealand. Attewell has also worked with many well known New Zealand personalities and entertainers including briefly with

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on a commercial. Attewell was director of photography on the documentary about Billy T James called ''Billy T: Te Movie (2011)'' . Most recently Attewell was cinematographer and concept director on the ''Undertow (2019)'' television series screened on

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in New Zealand.

Awards and nominations

2017 Nominated for Best Cinematography (with Alun Bollinger), Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards (The Moas) for ''The Great Maiden's Blush'' 1996 Best Cinematography Award, NZ Film and TV Awards for ''Whole of the Moon'' 1999 Honourable Mention - Children's Short Film Competition, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (Germany) for ''The Murder House''

List of works

Selected list of credits: ''Hillary: Ocean to Sky (2019),'' original camera, original sound recordist: Director Michael Dillon ''Blerta Revisited'' ''(2001),'' cinematographer: Director Geoff Murphy ''Whole of the Moon (1997),'' cinematographer: Director

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''Starlight Hotel (1987),'' cinematographer: Director

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''All the Way Up There (1979),'' cinematographer: Director

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''From the Ocean to the Sky (1979),'' camera, sound recordist: Director Michael Dillon ''Tangata Whenua - the People of the Land (1974),'' camera: Director

References

External links

NZ On Screen biography: https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/warrick-waka-attewell/biography Interview on Radio New Zealand: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2452334/waka-attewell Filmed interview on NZ On Screen: https://www.nzonscreen.com/interviews/screentalk/waka-attewell-cinematograhy-highlights New Zealand cinematographers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{NewZealand-film-bio-stub