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Barefoot Cinema - The Life and Art of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger
Television (Full Length) – 2008
Left to right: Derek Morton, Geoff Murphy and (seated) cameraman Alun Bollinger, during the making of short film The Box (1969?).
Photo believed to have been taken by Helen Whiteford
From left to right: Camera Operator Alun Bollinger, director Hamish Rothwell and Director of Photography Nigel Bluck on the set of Stickmen.
Kindly provided by Onfilm.
Cinematographer Alun Bollinger and writer/director Gaylene Preston during the filming of 2003 movie Perfect Strangers.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Melanie (Rachael Blake) suggests it's time to go, to the man she meets at the pub (Sam Neill). A scene from early in Perfect Strangers (2003).
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Frank Whitten as Ethan and Penelope Stewart as Elizabeth in a scene from Vigil.
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A scene from River Queen.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Alun Bollinger and Gaylene Preston during the filming of 1980 documentary Learning Fast.
Wairarapa Times-Age Collection (17-101/5-87-224)
On the set of 1985 movie Mr Wrong. From left to right (at the back): Wayne Leonard, Thomas Burstyn (wearing hat), Margot Shellgrove, director Gaylene Preston, John Samuels, Alun Bollinger, Chris Graves and Robin Murphy. Foreground: Jan Fisher and lead actor Heather Bolton (in swanndri).
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A behind the scenes shot in Pāuatahanui, during the filming of 1985 movie Mr Wrong. From left to right: director Gaylene Preston (seated), assistant grip Alistair Allan, camera operator Alun Bollinger, first assistant director John Samuels, continuity person Margot Shellgrove, and cinematographer Thomas Burstyn.
Kindly provided by The Dominion Post
John Hargreaves as Arthur Allan Thomas in Beyond Reasonable Doubt.
©South Pacific Pictures
Kelly Johnson as 'Pork Pie' Gerry and Tony Barry as John in Goodbye Pork Pie.
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Sam Neill in The Piano.
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Peter Jackson reveals the site of an amazing discovery in Forgotten Silver.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Sam Neill in 1995 documentary Cinema of Unease.
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A still from the feature film Rain of the Children
Kindly supplied by Vincent Ward
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