FrankChilton
- Director
Using the power of documentary film Frank Chilton made a difference to the lives of disabled children in New Zealand and around the world. The films he directed for the National Film Unit won many awards and he was honoured by the Queen with an OBE for services to the handicapped.
Screenography
Biography
Frank Chilton joined the National Film Unit in April 1951, at the age of 35. Recently arrived from England, he had worked in the film industry there making documentaries at the Times Film Unit and Shell Film Unit. Chilton had even been nominated for a Palme d'Or at Cannes, for short film Ocean Weather Ship. Bringing with him a range of skills, he was clearly competent as a cameraman, writer, editor and director.
Awards
1973 Order of the British Empire
For Services to the Handicapped
1957 Edinburgh Film Festival
Diploma of Merit: The Treatment of Cerebral Palsy in New Zealand
1949 Cannes Film Festival
Nominated for Palme d'Or for Best Short Film: Ocean Weather Ship
“I saw a great deal of misery and hardship suffered by children in a dozen different countries and the documentary film is one of the best ways of spreading the medical knowledge to help them.”
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