Chris Hampson: The producer as negotiator...

Producer Chris Hampson has worked in film and television for around 30 years. During that time, he has worked in state television and set up a production company, and seen many commissioners, policies and governments come and go, while negotiating the sometimes treacherous landscape of screen production. Along the way he has deliveied films and TV shows such as Illustrious Energy, Street Legal, Doves of War and Kaitangata Twitch.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Hampson talks about:

• How he started out in television
• John Clarke being the perfect person to play Wal in animated movie Footrot Flats: The Dog’s (Tail) Tale
• How classic movie Illustrious Energy ended up locked in an LA vault
• The creation of South Pacific Pictures, and show Marlin Bay
• Handheld camera techniques used on Cover Story
• Shooting on location with small cameras for legal series Street Legal
• The guerilla tactics used to shoot plane scenes for miniseries Doves of War
• The story behind the rise and fall of Orange Roughies
• How feature film Under the Mountain came about
• Behind-the-scenes details on the making of Kaitangata Twitch

This video was first uploaded on 12 April 2011, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview, Camera and Editing – James Coleman