Alun Bollinger Explained

Alun Robert Bollinger (born 1948) is a New Zealand cinematographer, who has worked on several Peter Jackson films, and many other films in New Zealand. He has also been a Director of Photography, including the second unit for Peter Jackson's trilogy The Lord of the Rings. He started as a trainee cine-camera operator for television with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in 1966.

In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bollinger was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cinematography.^[1]

A documentary released in 2008, , turns the camera 180 degrees and looks at Bollinger's work and life.^[2]

He lives at Blacks Point, near Reefton on the West Coast of New Zealand, with his wife Helen.

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

• 1977: Wild Man
• 1977: Dagg Day Afternoon
• 1978: Charlie Horse
• 1980: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
• 1981: Goodbye Pork Pie
• 1983: Patu!
• 1984: Vigil
• 1985: Came a Hot Friday
• 1986: For Love Alone (Australia)
• 1994: Heavenly Creatures
• 1995: Forgotten Silver
• 1995: Cinema of Unease
• 1996: The Frighteners
• 2003: Perfect Strangers
• 2004: Oyster Farmer (Australia)
• 2005: River Queen
• 2007: Lovely Rita
• 2010: Matariki
• 2017: The Stolen

References

• The New Zealand Listener, 13 May 2006 (pages 38–40)
• North and South (New Zealand), March 2007 (pages 74–81)

External links

• Alun's profile and screenography on NZ On Screen
  • Alun Bollinger - Biography at Arts Foundation of New Zealand
• Awards for Cinematography
• New Zealand Listener interview

Notes and References

1. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2005 . 6 June 2005 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 28 April 2020.
2. Web site: Barefoot Cinema . NZ On Screen . May 20, 2015.