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Don Blakeney

Producer

 Don Blakeney

 Don Blakeney
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Don Blakeney

A clever thinker whose love of stories bridged the gap between art and commerce, producer Don 'Scrubbs' Blakeney helped set the NZ film industry on a path of rapid expansion, and financed such pioneering films as Utu and Goodbye Pork Pie.

When a filmmaker came through the door of the NZ Film Commission, you wanted to contribute something positive to their life one way or the other. 
 
 

Screenography

Screenography
 Role/s
 The Making of Sleeping Dogs

The Making of Sleeping Dogs

Subject

2004

 Utu

Utu

Producer

1983

 Goodbye Pork Pie

Goodbye Pork Pie

Executive Producer

1981

 Sons For the Return Home

Sons For the Return Home

Executive Producer

1979


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 The early days of NZ Film with Don

Film producer Don “Scrubbs” Blakeney came from a background in finance. Returning from working overseas in the 1970s, he met pioneering filmmakers ...