Michael O'Connor
A cameraman with over 50 years experience, Michael O’Connor joined the NZ Broadcasting Corporation as a trainee straight from high school. O'Connor went on to shoot some of New Zealand's most iconic dramas, from Under the Mountain to 1980s cop show Mortimer's Patch. His documentary work includes popular series Heartland and Epitaph, and directing Dalvanius, about singer Dalvanius Prime.
The one thing I always enjoyed about documentary work was being with people and in places I normally wouldn't be. Michael O'Connor
Media7 - Series Seven, Episode 13
2011, Field Cinematographer - Television
Brutal Beauty - The Architecture of Sir Miles Warren
2011, Cinematographer - Television
Attitude Special - The Journey of the Wheel Blacks
2008, Camera - Television
Here to Stay
2007 - 2008, Cinematographer - Television
Here to Stay - The Chinese
2007, Camera Operator - Television
Hidden in the Numbers
2006, Cinematographer - Television
Black Grace - From Cannon's Creek to Jacob's Pillow
2005, Cinematographer - Television
Our Lost War
2005, Camera - Television
Murder on the Blade?
2003, Cinematographer - Television
Give It A Whirl 1 - Causing a Commotion (First Episode)
2003, Additional Camera Operator - Television
Dalvanius
2002, Director - Television
Von Tempsky's Ghost
2002, Camera - Television
Epitaph - Fire at the Coal Face
2001, Cinematographer - Television
Trio at the Top
2001, Camera - Television
Shipwreck - The Tragedy of the Boyd
2000, Cinematographer - Television
Shipwreck - The Wreck of the Orpheus
2000, Cinematographer - Television
The Family
1999, Camera - Television
Hell for Leather
1999, Camera Operator - Television
Epitaph - An Unforgeable Signature
1999, Cinematographer - Television
Through the Eyes of Love
1998, Cinematographer - Television
Street Legal - Pilot Episode
1998, Additional Photography - Television
Cave Creek: The Full Story of a National Tragedy
1998, Cinematographer - Television
The Mighty Moa
1998, Cinematographer - Television
Witi Ihimaera
1997, Cinematographer - Television
Epitaph
1997 - 2002, Cinematographer - Television
Epitaph - Last Man Hanged
1997, Cinematographer - Television
Letter to Blanchy - An Arresting Experience (Final Episode)
1997, Cinematographer - Television
Tala Pasifika - Malama
1996, Cinematographer - Television
Icon in B Minor
1996, Camera - Television
Letter to Blanchy - Shield Fever (Series Two, Episode One)
1996, Cinematographer - Television
Ten Guitars
1996, Camera - Television
Letter to Blanchy
1995 - 1997, Cinematographer - Television
Plainclothes - First Episode
1995, Cinematographer - Television
Marlin Bay - Series Three, Episode 11
1994, Cinematographer - Television
It's in the Genes Girls
1993, Cinematographer - Television
Deepwater Haven - First Episode
1993, Cinematographer - Television
Heartland - Te Kuiti
1993, Cinematographer - Television
Marlin Bay
1992 - 1994, Camera - Television
Heartland
1991 - 1996, Camera - Television
Raider of the South Seas
1990, Cinematographer - Television
Māori Battalion - March to Victory
1990, Camera - Television
Raider of the South Seas - First Episode
1990, Cinematographer - Television
How D'ye Do Mr Governor
1989, Field Camera - Television
The Shadow Trader (Part One)
1989, Camera - Television
The Shadow Trader (Part Two)
1989, Camera - Television
Real Lives
1988, Camera Operator - Television
The Grasscutter
1988, Camera Operator - Television
The Rate Race
1987, Camera - Television
Porters (Episode Five)
1987, Cinematographer - Television
Network New Zealand
1985, Camera - Television
Hanlon - In Defence of Minnie Dean
1985, Camera Operator - Television
Hanlon
1985, Camera Operator - Television
Heroes
1984 - 1986, Cinematographer - Television
Viewfinder - 12 April 1984
1984, Camera - Television
Under the Mountain - The Alien World Below (Episode Four)
1981, Cinematographer - Television
Under the Mountain
1981, Cinematographer - Television
Mortimer's Patch - Day of Judgement (First Episode)
1980, Cinematographer - Television
The Greatest Run on Earth
1980, Additional Camera - Television
Mortimer's Patch
1980 - 1984, Cinematographer - Television
Children of Fire Mountain
1979, Cinematographer - Television
Children of Fire Mountain - Tom (First Episode)
1979, Cinematographer - Television
Ngaio Marsh Theatre - Died in the Wool
1978, Camera Operator - Television
Gather Your Dreams - Episode Three
1978, Cinematographer - Television
Gather Your Dreams
1978, Cinematographer - Television
The Mackenzie Affair - Tancred (Final Episode)
1977, Camera Operator - Television
The Mackenzie Affair
1977, Camera Operator - Television
Hunter's Gold
1976, Camera Operator - Television
Hunter's Gold - First Episode
1976, Camera Operator - Television
Section 7
1972, Camera Operator - Film - Television
This Day
1970 - 1974, Camera - Television
Country Calendar
1968 - 1975, 2006 - 2009 , Camera - Television
Town and Around
1968 - 1970 , Camera (Wellington) - Television