Maurice Gee

Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand's most acclaimed writers. His work for the screen includes creating 80s kidult series The Fire-Raiser and The Champion. Gee's novels have also inspired a number of adaptations, notably classic sci-fi series Under the Mountain and movie In My Father's Den. 

I see this film as [...] a sort of artistic meeting-point between two people from different generations of New Zealand, striving to speak of similar things Director Brad McGann, on adapting Gee’s novel In My Father’s Den into film