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AnnieFrear

  • Grip
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Annie Frear — sometimes credited as Ann Frear — works mainly as a grip, setting up and operating the equipment used to move the camera on the film set. Frear's early films included Alison Maclean's Talkback. She moved into features for two ambitious period pieces: Desperate Remedies and The Piano. Frear would later be promoted to grip co-ordinator on one of the longest shoots in film history, The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Screenography

Pumanawa: The Gift
2013 First Assistant Director Short film
2010 First Assistant Director Film
Hugh and Heke (feature)
2010 First Assistant Director Film
The Last Great Snail Chase
2007 1st Assistant Director, First Assistant Director Film

Awards

2005 WIFT Awards (Women in Film and Television New Zealand)
Professional Lighting Services Award for Unsung Heroine of the New Zealand Screen Industry

“Hands-on is the best training.”

Annie Frear