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Waka Attewell

Cinematographer

Cinematographer Waka Attewell has been shooting images of New Zealand for over 30 years. He began his career at John O' Shea's Pacific Films and later established his own production company Valhalla Films, where he has filmed and directed a run of commercials, films and documentaries.

His ability to home in on the emotional dimensions of a film ... and to devise the appropriate lighting and camera style, often at a tangent to strict naturalism, lends his work distinction and enduring quality. Author Duncan Petrie, in his 2007 book Shot in New Zealand: The Art and Craft of the Kiwi Cinematographer

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Interview

Waka Attewell: Cinematography highlights...

Interview, 2010

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Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams

2023, Additional Camera Operator - Film

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Hillary: Ocean to Sky

2019, Original Camera, Original Sound Recordist - Film

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Mo Te Iwi: Carving for the People

2019, Cinematographer - Film

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Team Tibet - Home Away from Home

2017, Camera, Sound Recordist - Film

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Poi E: The Story of Our Song

2016, Subject - Film

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The Great Maiden's Blush

2015, Cinematographer - Film

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Billy T: Te Movie

2011, Cinematographer - Film

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 2 - The Whole World's Watching

2010, Subject - Television

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Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

2009, Cinematographer - Film

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Rocked the Nation

2008 - 2011, Camera - Television

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The Pretender - Series Two, Episode One

2008, Cinematographer - Television

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Earthquake!

2006, Cinematographer - Television

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The Pretender

2005 - 2008, Cinematographer - Television

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The Making of Smash Palace

2004, Cinematographer - Short Film

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The Making of Sleeping Dogs

2004, Cinematographer - Short Film

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Syd Jackson: Life and Times of a Fully Fledged Activist

2003, Cinematographer - Television

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Blerta Revisited

(Dance Around The World), Cinematographer - Film

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Cow

2001, Cinematographer - Short Film

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Te Po Uriuri (The Enveloping Night)

2001, Cinematographer - Short Film

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Numero Bruno

2000, Cinematographer - Television

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The Family

1999, Cinematographer - Television

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An Inside Story

1998, Cinematographer - Television

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Ahi Ataahua

1998, Cinematographer, Director - Short Film

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Duggan: Sins of the Fathers

1998, Camera Operator - Second Unit - Television

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Survivor Stories

1998, Camera Operator - Short Film

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The Murder House

1998, Director - Short Film

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Witi Ihimaera

1997, Camera - Wellington - Television

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D.S.B.

1997, Producer, Cinematographer - Short Film

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In the Shadow of King Lear

1996, Cinematographer, Director - Television

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The Whole of the Moon

1996, Cinematographer - Film

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Dead Certs

1995, Camera Operator, Cinematographer - Television

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The Last Tattoo

1994, Camera Operator - Second Unit - Film

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Chunuk Bair

1991, Cinematographer - Film

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Te Rua

1991, Cinematographer - NZ - Film

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The Making of Chunuk Bair

1991, Subject, Subject - Television

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When a Warrior Dies

1991, Producer, Additional Camera Operator - Television

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Waka - The Awakening Dream

1990, Additional Camera - Television

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The Audition

1989, As: Himself, Cinematographer - Short Film

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Maple on the Hill - The Untold Story of the Tumbleweeds

1988, Cinematographer - Short Film

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Opera in the Outback

1988, Cinematographer - Short Film

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Send a Gorilla

1988, Second Camera - Film

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Hands of My Heart

1987, Director - Music video

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Maureen

1987, Director - Music video

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Starlight Hotel

1987, Cinematographer - Film

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Dangerous Orphans

1986, Cinematographer - Film

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Milestones - The Tour of the Century

1986, Additional Camera Operator - Television

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Should I Be Good?

1985, Cinematographer, Camera Operator - Film

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Poi E

1984, Co-Director , Cinematographer - Music video

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Saving the Earth

1984, Camera Operator - Short Film

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Maxine

1983, Cinematographer - Music video

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Hometown Boomtown

1983, Camera Operator - Television

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The Adventure World of Graeme Dingle - Episode Five

1983, Cinematographer - Television

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The Adventure World of Graeme Dingle - Episode Six

1983, Cinematographer - Television

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Patu!

1983, Additional Camera Operator - Film

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Battletruck

1982, Additional Camera Operator - Film

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The Greatest Run on Earth

1980, Additional Camera - Television

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All the Way Up There

1979, Producer, Cinematographer, Field Director - Television

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From the Ocean to the Sky

1979, Camera, Sound Recordist - Film

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Middle Age Spread

1979, Gaffer - Film

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Shoreline - First Episode

1978, Camera Operator - Television

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Dream in the Making - The Making of Sleeping Dogs

1977, Camera Operator - Short Film

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A Nice Sort of Day

1977, Director, Cinematographer, Producer - Short Film

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Autumn Fires

1977, Assistant Camera - Television

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The Adventure World of Sir Edmund Hillary - The Sea Pillars of Great Barrier

1977, Cinematographer - Television

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Hunting Horns

1976, Camera - Television

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Challenge - Never Go Near Him

1976, High Altitude Camera - Television

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Hunting Horns - Cloud Over Hong Kong

1976, Camera Operator - Television

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Ashes

1975, Assistant Camera - Television

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Percy the Policeman - Full Series

1974, Assistant Camera - Television

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Rollin' thru New Zealand with Kenny Rogers and The First Edition

1974, Assistant Camera - Television

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Tangata Whenua

1974, Asst. Cameraman - Television

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Tangata Whenua - Waikato

1974, Assistant Camera - Television

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Rally, Like Little Boys in a Man-sized Sport

1973, Cinematographer - Television