Alun Bollinger
New Zealand cinematographer
Alun Robert Bollinger MNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand cinematographer, who has worked on several Peter Jackson films, and many other films in New Zealand. He has also been a Director of Photography, including the second unit for Peter Jackson's trilogy The Lord of the Rings. He started as a trainee cine-camera operator for television with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in 1966.
In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bollinger was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cinematography.[1]
A documentary released in 2008, Barefoot Cinema: The Art and Life of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger, turns the camera 180 degrees and looks at Bollinger's work and life.[2]
He lives at Blacks Point, near Reefton on the West Coast of New Zealand, with his wife Helen.
Selected filmography
- Cinematographer
- 1977: Wild Man
- 1977: Dagg Day Afternoon
- 1978: Charlie Horse
- 1980: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
- 1981: Goodbye Pork Pie
- 1983: Patu!
- 1984: Vigil
- 1985: Came a Hot Friday
- 1986: For Love Alone (Australia)
- 1994: Heavenly Creatures
- 1995: Forgotten Silver
- 1995: Cinema of Unease
- 1996: The Frighteners
- 2003: Perfect Strangers
- 2004: Oyster Farmer (Australia)
- 2005: River Queen
- 2007: Lovely Rita
- 2010: Matariki
- 2017: The Stolen
References
- The New Zealand Listener, 13 May 2006 (pages 38–40)
- North and South (New Zealand), March 2007 (pages 74–81)
External links
- Alun's profile and screenography on NZ On Screen
- Alun Bollinger at IMDb
- Alun Bollinger - Biography at Arts Foundation of New Zealand
- Awards for Cinematography
- New Zealand Listener interview
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