This film tells the story of Antarctica’s emperor penguin (the real world inspiration behind Happy Feet) and how they survive vicious blizzards and -50°C. It also retraces the epic “worst journey in the world” that explorer Edward Wilson made to discover these remarkable birds. Max Quinn received Best Director of a TV Series at the 1994 NZ Film and TV Awards for the Antarctic Trilogy that Emperors was a part of. The trilogy helped establish NHNZ’s relationship with Discovery Channel, and the penguin-falling-through-ice scene (clip one) became a YouTube hit.
NHNZ veteran cameraman Max Quinn left New Zealand in 1991 to make Emperors of Antarctica and The Longest Night as part of a series on Antarctica. With only one crew member, (soundman Donald Anderson) Max filmed, directed and ...
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Television, 1980 (Full Length)
Another NHNZ production featuring many of the same crew
Finalist - Most
Outstanding Website
The ONYAs 2010
Best Entertainment Website
Finalist – Website design
Qantas Media Awards 2009
NZ ON SCREEN 2010
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