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DavidGunson

  • Director
  • Storyboard artist
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David Gunson has dozens of screen credits in a role that requires both vision, and anonymity: as a storyboard artist, who draws pictures of key shots as a guide for the filmmaking team. Gunson’s own credits as a short filmmaker often touch on war: from ANZAC Short Film award-winner Boots, to the self-funded, Tropfest-nominated Foreign Fields. Gunson has also helmed music clips for Darcy Clay and Hayley Westenra. 

Screenography

Foreign Fields
2014 Director, Producer Short film
The Map Maker
2012 Director Short film
Boots
2008 Director, Producer Short film
Hell or High Water
2006 Director, Producer Short film
Nathan Haines Family Album
2005 Camera Television

Awards

2015 Tropfest New Zealand
Finalist for Best Film: Foreign Fields

2009 Māori Televison ANZAC Short Film Competition
Best Film: Boots

2006 Moonlight Shorts (New Zealand)
Second Place: Hell or High Water

“In the universe of the film, things should be either true or new. True, in that they're an authentic or visceral world, or new, in placing the audience outside of their experience and expectations. Filmmakers ought to serve up a combination of the true and the new to keep the audience on their toes.”

— David Gunson