Producer Grahame McLean was a busy man during the rebirth of New Zealand feature films: his CV includes gigs as a props manager, assistant director, production manager, writer, director and producer. McLean's first job in the screen industry was on 1974 indie TV drama The Games Affair. He went on to produce Sons for the Return Home and A Woman of Good Character/It's Lizzie to Those Close, and brought beloved character Worzel Gummidge to New Zealand.
This ScreenTalk interview was conducted by McLean's industry colleague John Barnett. McLean talks about:
- His first screen industry job, as line producer on indie TV series The Games Affair
- Working as props manager on TV drama Hunter’s Gold, which was shot close to his future home near Queenstown
- How Roger Donaldson movie Sleeping Dogs kickstarted the local feature film industry
- The delights of shooting Sons for the Return Home in Samoa
- Working with director David Blyth on A Woman of Good Character
- Bringing Worzel Gummidge downunder, and working with a young Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson
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Copyright
This video was first uploaded on 30 August 2010, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.
