John Keir: Documenting Erebus, Sir Ed, Mani, and more...

Veteran producer John Keir has had a long career producing both documentaries and films. He has collaborated on several film projects with director Grant Lahood, including Lemming Aid and Chicken. Keir has also produced large live TV events such as the Sir Edmund Hillary special On Top of the World and Anzac Day coverage for Māori Television.  

In this ScreenTalk, Keir talks about: 

• Telling the quirky story of temperance in the documentary Fight the Good Fight
• Battling lawyers in order to film in court for Flight 901: The Erebus Disaster
• How live coverage of the Sir Edmund Hillary special On Top of the World nearly came a cropper
• Why the weather created havoc during the filming of Grant Lahood short Lemming Aid
• Disappointment over poor box office for the feature film Chicken
• Being fascinated by the idea behind Treaty of Waitangi series Lost in Translation
• Finding Mani’s Story the most incredible documentary he’s worked on
• Making actor Mark Mitchinson shave his eyebrows for the tele-feature Bloodlines

This video was first uploaded on 7 April 2014, 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 – Andrew Whiteside