Michael Forlong Explained

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.^[1]

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
• (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

External links

• Michael Forlong at IMDb
• Biography at NZ On screen
• Michael Forlong at BFI
• Michael Forlong at Letterbox DVD

Notes and References

1. 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)