Ron Bowie

National Film Unit staffer Ron Bowie was a dedicated and cosmopolitan filmmaker, who overcame obstacles (including five years internment for his pacifist convictions) to pursue his chosen career. Among dozens of NFU films he contributed to, Bowie directed award-winning tourist romance Amazing New Zealand!, helped produce beloved Expo epic This is New Zealand, and edited the Oscar-nominated One Hundred and Forty Days Under the World.

I found Ron a very sympathetic producer, and a gentleman. He was supportive of my work, not a hands-on producer, but with an eye for the creative. He was certainly willing to bat for me. Paul Maunder