Martyn Sanderson

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Martyn Sanderson (born February 24, 1938 in Granity , New Zealand , † October 14, 2009 in Otaki ) was a New Zealand actor , director and screenwriter .

Life

Stage actor Sanderson was one of the founding members of the Downstage Theater in Wellington in 1964 . In the 1970s he worked in the ensemble of Bruno Lawrence's Electric Revelation and Traveling Apparition (Blerta). With this group of actors, musicians and other artists, Bruno Lawrence went on tour across New Zealand and the east coast of Australia. Working with the group, which also included director Geoff Murphy , resulted in several film productions such as Utu and Wild Man .

As a film actor, Sanderson made his debut in Tony Richardson's portrait of the mugger Ned Kelly in 1970, with Mick Jagger in the title role. At the same time, he was working with various other members of the production crew as co-director, cameraman and co-producer on the accompanying documentary A Stone in the Bush . Five years later he received the Feltex Award for best actor for his interpretation of the aviation pioneer Richard Pearse in the New Zealand television film of the same name. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Sanderson has worked with Murphy and Lawrence as well as various other well-known representatives of the New Zealand film industry such as Sam Neill in Attack on the 'Rainbow Warrior' and Jane Campion , under whose direction he starred in An Angel at My Blackboard . For this performance, he received the 1990 New Zealand Film and TV Awards for Best Supporting Actor. He also participated in internationally successful productions made in New Zealand, such as in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Companions and the television series Hercules with Kevin Sorbo in the title role, for which he embodied several characters from mythology such as Menelaus and Thespios . One of his last films is the German drama Der Liebe towards with Anna Loos .

Sanderson also worked as a director for Australian television and as a scriptwriter wrote templates for various television films and series episodes such as u. a. Skippy, the bush kangaroo . One of his greatest successes as a filmmaker was the drama Samoa - Rebel Between 2 Worlds , based on the Samoan poet Albert Wendt , for which he not only directed but also wrote the script, for which he was awarded at the 1989 Tokyo International Film Festival .

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SURNAME Sanderson, Martyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand actor, director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Granity , New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 2009
Place of death Otaki (New Zealand)