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JohnDay

  • Cinematographer
  • Director
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John Day rolled film on a wide range of screen projects before establishing company Matte-Box Films in 1980. He went on to mix a busy trans-Tasman commercials career with directing gigs on a number of non-fiction titles (The Power of Music, The Hunt for the Pink and White Terraces), plus ghost movie The Returning. Day passed away on 7 January 2015.  

Screenography

2011 Camera Operator Television
2011 Director, Producer Television
City Girls
2004 Director Series
2003 Camera Operator Television

Biography

Best known for his commercials work, John Day worked on ads for everyone from the Milk Board to the Interislander and the Royal New Zealand Navy — as well as directing a series of high profile promos for the 1991 census, starring Billy T James.

Awards

1991 Madrid Film Festival
Best Director: for The Returning

1991 International Fantasy Festival (Rome)
Best Director: for The Returning

 

“There's something really satisfying about getting the right image for the scene … be it commercials, movies, whatever, the combination of all the crew's work is there in front of you, and all the time you're working out how to shape it, capture it.”

John Day