Tony Williams
Tony Williams' contribution to the development of NZ film and television has been huge: his camerawork for John O'Shea's 60s feature-films, the nine ground-breaking documentaries he directed for Pacific Films, and his feature Solo, which helped launch the 70s new wave. After moving to Australia in 1980, Williams continued to wield a lively influence on our culture by directing many legendary commercials.
Television commercials don’t give the satisfaction of personal vision in an auteur movie sense - but there’s more satisfaction in creating cultural icons that the whole country talks about and loves, than a movie that flops and no-one sees. Tony Williams in a 2004 Onfilm interview
Tony Williams: Director of our most iconic TV commercials...
Interview, 2010
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 1 - From One Channel to One Hundred
2010, Subject - Television
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 6 - A Sense of Identity
2010, Subject - Television
Bugger - Toyota Hilux
1999, Director - Commercial
Before the Operations Begin
1999, Director, Writer, Narrator - Television
Breaking Barriers
1993, Subject - Television
Spot - Telecom
1991 - 1998, Director - Commercial
Cowboys of Culture
1990, Subject - Television
Next of Kin
1982, Director, Writer - Film
Dear John - BASF
1981, Director, Producer - Commercial
Solo
1977, Director, Editor, Producer - Film
Great Crunchie Train Robbery - Cadbury Crunchie
1975, Director - Commercial
Lost in the Garden of the World
1975, Director, Editor - Television
The Hum
1974, Director - Short Film
Rollin' thru New Zealand with Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
1974, Director, Editor, Camera - Television
Rally, Like Little Boys in a Man-sized Sport
1973, Director, Camera - Television
Survey - Take Three Passions
1972, Director, Camera - Television
Survey - Deciding
1972, Director - Television
Survey - The Unbelievable Glory of the Human Voice
1972, Director, Writer - Television
Survey - The Day We Landed on The Most Perfect Planet In the Universe
1971, Director, Writer, Editor - Television
Survey - Getting Together
1971, Director, Editor - Television
Survey
1970 - 1972, Editor, Director - Television
Sound the Trumpets Beat the Drums
1969, Editor, Camera, Co-Director - Television
Takis Unlimited
1969, Camera, Editor - Television
Giants of the Past
1967, Camera - Short Film
Don't Let it Get You
1966, Editor - Music - Film
Runaway
1964, Cinematographer - Film
Keep Them Waiting
1963, Director - Short Film
The Sound of Seeing
1963, Director, Editor, Camera - Short Film