Billde Friez
- Director
One of the founding directors of Raconteur, a Christchurch-based production company, Bill de Friez is an experienced documentary maker. Alongside Raconteur, De Friez has taught film at Canterbury University.
Biography
Bill de Friez is a documentary filmmaker and film lecturer. He is co-founder of Christchurch-based production company Raconteur, and taught film for many years at Canterbury University's School of Fine Arts.
De Friez has worked in film and television for most of his adult life, and has considerable experience in live multi-camera direction. While working for state television in the 1980s, he directed and produced on children's shows Spot On and What Now?, plus arts slot Kaleidoscope.
Screenography
“Bill is a natural raconteur and a vast repository of information, facts, history, anecdotes and legends.”