DougEckhoff
- Executive
As the final manager of the National Film Unit, Doug Eckhoff had the unenviable task of presiding over its demise as the government’s film production agency, and the sale of its assets. Earlier he was a key figure in television news, from the days of the NZ Broadcasting Corporation through to the birth of Television New Zealand. He was also a long-serving trustee of the New Zealand Film Archive (now Ngā Taonga).
Biography
Douglas Napier Eckhoff was born in Dunedin on 5 February 1937, and spent much of his childhood in Central Otago. After leaving Otago Boys' High School, he worked as a reporter for The Otago Daily Times and The Clutha Leader.
Screenography
Awards
2010 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
For Services to Film
1968 World Newsfilm Awards
Winner - Disaster Report Category: for coverage of the Wahine tragedy
“As an editor trying to put an honest, informative newscast together, I usually had more trouble getting material through my management than I ever had with politicians.”