Michael Forlong

{{Short description|New Zealand writer, producer and director (1912–2000)}}

Michael Forlong (1912–2000) was a New Zealand writer, producer and director. He worked for the New Zealand National Film Unit before moving to England.John O’Shea, ‘A Charmed Life: Fragments of Memory..and Extracts from Conversations’ in Film in Aotearoa New Zealand. Editors Jonathan Dennis and Jan Bieringa (Wellington: Victoria University Press, Second Edition 1996) From the 1970s onwards, he tended to make feature films for children.

Select credits

One Hundred Crowded Years (1940) - writer
Bitter Springs (1950) - assistant director
Suicide Mission (1954) - director, producer, writer
Odongo (1956) - second unit director
Safari (1956) - second unit director
Alexander the Great (1956) - second unit director
Dunkirk (1958) - associate producer
The Green Helmet (1961) - director
Over the Odds (1961) -director
Stork Talk (1962) - director
Tamahine (1963) - associate producer
{{ill|Plantage Tamarinde|nl}} (1964) - director
Lionheart (1968) - director, producer, writer
A Car For All Reasons, Range Rover Promotional Video (1971) - producer
Raising the Roof (1972) - director, writer
Close to the Wind (1972) (short) - director, producer, writer
Project 1233 (1972) (short) - director
Rangi's Catch (1973) - producer
Hijack! (1975) - director, producer, writer
High Rise Donkey (1980) - director

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286319/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Michael Forlong] at IMDb
[https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/michael-forlong/biography Biography] at NZ On screen
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160312005510/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0044f15 Michael Forlong] at BFI
[https://letterboxd.com/director/michael-forlong/ Michael Forlong] at Letterbox DVD

Category:1912 births

Category:2000 deaths

Category:New Zealand film directors

Category:New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom