Michael Firth

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Michael John Firth (1949 – 9 October 2016) was a New Zealand film director and writer.[1][2] Firth's first film, Off the Edge, was the first New Zealand feature to be Oscar-nominated.[3][4]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Title Year Credited as Notes
Director Producer Writer
Off the Edge 1977 Yes Yes Yes Oscar-nominated[4]
also camera
Nutcase 1980 No No No Assistant Director
Heart of the Stag 1984 Yes Yes Yes Editor
Sylvia 1985 Yes Yes Yes
The Leading Edge 1987 Yes Yes Yes Cinematographer
Vulcan Lane 1994 Yes Yes No First NZ feature shot digitally
Last Paradise 2013 No No No Camera
In Memoriam 2016 2016 No No No Subject – short

Television[edit]

Title Year Credited as Network Notes
Director
Weekend – The Making of Sylvia 1984 No Subject
City of Volcanoes 1992 Yes Producer
Adrenalize 1999–2001 No Producer
Take the Bait 2013 Yes Producer, Narrator, Camera, Editor
(episodes)

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

List of New Zealand Academy Award winners and nominees

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Michael Firth". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Farewell to Michael Firth". New Zealand Film Commission. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Michael Firth director". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Michael Firth obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ^ "NY Times: Off the Edge". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  6. ^ "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

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