MarkLapwood
- Cinematographer
Mark Lapwood began a career of taking pictures at his local newspaper in Palmerston North. At 20 he relocated to Sydney, slowly working his way up the ladder to become a cinematographer. Graduating from the Australian Film TV and Radio School in 2000, he shot his first feature soon after: Indian drama Maya. Three years later he was based in India and filming across the globe. Lapwood returned to New Zealand in 2011.
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Biography
Born and raised in Palmerston North, Mark Lapwood was working in a local photo lab during the school holidays when he photographed a nearby hotel fire. After a chance meeting the next morning he handed his negative to the chief photographer of The Manawatu Standard, who printed his image on the front page. A few months later Lapwood got a job at the newspaper — initially in the darkroom, then as a photographer.
Awards
2017 New Zealand Cinematographers Society Awards
Silver Award for Short Films: for Loading Docs - The Coffin Club
2016 New Zealand Cinematographers Society Awards
Bronze Award for Short Films: for Hypothermia
“Eclipse is a wonderful marriage of images and music, offering the viewer a delicate yet powerful sense of people and place. The music and occasional wordless vocalisation adds an ethereal, almost mystical quality, without tipping into pretentiousness or self indulgence. ”
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