Margaret Thomson

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The late Margaret Thomson is arguably the first New Zealand woman to direct films. Thomson spent much of her film career working in England, as well as two years back in New Zealand at the National Film Unit. Her NFU short Railway Worker (1948) is regarded as a classic.  

Screenography

Screenography

	Titles	Role/s	Year
	Direction ... Margaret Thomson	Subject	1993
	War, Peace and Pictures	Subject	1989
	Talking About Epontol	Director	1969
	Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Disease	Director	1969
	A Sense of Belonging	Director	1962
	Child's Play	Director Writer	1954
	The Kidnappers	Children's Coach	1953
	A Family Affair	Director	1950
	Circus Roundabout	Director	1949
	Efficient Machine Milking	Director	1949
	New Zealand's Exotic Forests	Director	1949
	The First Two Years at School	Director	1949
	Railway Worker (Weekly Review No. 355)	Director	1948
	Children Growing Up with Other People	Director	1947
	Children Learn by Experience	Director	1947
	Summer Work in the Garden	Director	1941
	Woodlands	Editor	1938

The titles listed here may not reflect this person's full screenography. These are only the titles that are included in or referenced by this site.