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词条 Don Selwyn
释义

  1. Life

  2. Selected filmography

  3. References

  4. External links

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|11|22}}
| birth_place = Taumarunui, New Zealand
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}}Don Charles Selwyn, ONZM (22 November 1935 – 13 April 2007) was a Maori actor and filmmaker from New Zealand. He was a founding member of the New Zealand Maori Theatre Trust and directed the 2002 film The Merchant of Venice, the first Maori language feature film with English subtitles.[1]

Life

Born of Ngati Kuri and Te Aupōuri descent, Selwyn grew up in Taumarunui and began his professional life as a teacher. In 1984 he began a film and television training course for Maori and Pacific Islanders. In 1992 he co-founded He Taonga Films. In 2007 the Arts Foundation of New Zealand selected him for an Icon Award, which was awarded to him privately shortly before he died.

He appeared in an episode of Ngaio Marsh Theatre in 1977.

Selwyn was made an ONZM in the 1999 New Year Honours, for services to theatre, film and television.[2]

Selected filmography

  • Rangi's Catch (1973) as Mr. Rukuhia
  • Sleeping Dogs (1977) as Taupiri
  • Came a Hot Friday (1985) as Norm
  • My Letter to George (1986) as Joseph

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10434094 |title=Veteran Maori film-maker and actor Don Selwyn dies |date=13 April 2007 |agency=NZPA |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=29 September 2011}}
2. ^1999 New Year Honours List, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0783628}}
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10 : 2007 deaths|New Zealand male Māori actors|New Zealand film directors|New Zealand male film actors|Indigenous filmmakers|Te Aupōuri|Ngāti Kurī|Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit|1935 births|People from Taumarunui

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