David H Fowler
Producer, Director
On the NFU sound stage in the Wellington suburb of Miramar, September 1958. This shot was taken during the filming of This Colourful Season, the first item for Pictorial Parade filmed in colour. David H Fowler is in the centre of the platform with the script. Don Oakley is the cameraman and Brian Cross the operator. Pictorial Parade No. 80 was released in October 1958
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Kell Fowler is to the left of the cameras; David Fowler is (obscured) crouching by the tripods; John Hutchinson in the black suit, is standing to the right of the man in the white coat on the ground below the stand.
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David Fowler in centre. A photograph by John Cooper, said to be taken during the 1962 New Zealand visit by the King of Thailand.
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David Fowler lining up a shot for the first documentary he directed, Pictorial Parade No. 63 - The Big Mill (1957)
NFU crew for the 1963 royal tour (from left): Kell Fowler, David Fowler, John Hutchinson, Graham Pomfret-Brown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Derek Wright, unknown, unknown.
Members of the crew for This is New Zealand. From front to back, starting on the left: Geoffrey Scott (executive producer), Hugh Macdonald (in glasses & beard - director, writer, editor), David Fowler (producer), Rob Ritchie (associate director), Martin Townsend (title designer), Sam Grau (cameraman), Mac Ashley (technical manager), Kit Rollings (sound recordist, sound editor & sound mixer) Brian Shennan (sound recordist) Cecil Forsberg (title designer), Kerry Coe (technician) Ron Skelley (associate sound mixer) Bruce McKenzie (technician), Jim Chandler (technician), Henry van Tulder (technician).
Kindly supplied by The Dominon Post.