Michael Firth
{{short description|New Zealand film director}}
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Michael John Firth (1949 – 9 October 2016) was a New Zealand film director and writer.{{cite web |title=Michael Firth |url=https://www.acmi.net.au/creators/21612--michael-firth/ |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=29 January 2023}}{{cite web |title=Farewell to Michael Firth |url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/news/farewell-michael-firth |publisher=New Zealand Film Commission |access-date=7 March 2023 |date=11 October 2016}}
Firth's first film, Off the Edge, was the first New Zealand feature to be Oscar-nominated.{{cite web |title=Michael Firth director |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/michael-firth |website=NZ On Screen |access-date=28 January 2023}}{{cite web |title=Michael Firth obituary |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/michael-firth-obituary?pid=181882186 |publisher=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=28 January 2023 |date=9 October 2016}}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title !Director !Producer !Writer ! Notes |
| 1977
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Also camera operator |
| 1984
|Heart of the Stag |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Also editor |
| 1985
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |
| 1987
|The Leading Edge |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Also cinematographer |
| 1994
|Vulcan Lane |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |
Assistant director
- Nutcase (1980)
Camera operator
- Last Paradise (2013)
= Television =
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! Year ! Title ! Director ! Producer ! Notes |
| 1992
|City of Volcanoes |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |
| 1999–2001
|Adrenalize |{{no}} |{{yes}} | |
| 2013
|Take the Bait |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Also narrator, camera operator and editor |
Awards
- 1977 Nominee for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Off the Edge (1976).{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/35997/Off-the-Edge/details |title=NY Times: Off the Edge |accessdate=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014083051/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/35997/Off-the-Edge/details |archive-date=14 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |title=The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=12 June 2019|work=oscars.org}}
See also
References
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External links
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Category:New Zealand film directors
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