MaxQuinn
- Director
- Producer
- Camera
Aged 17, Max Quinn joined the NZ Broadcasting Corporation as a trainee cameraman. At 25 he was filming landmark television dramas like Hunter’s Gold. In 1980 he moved into directing and producing. Since joining Dunedin’s Natural History Unit (now NHNZ) in 1987, Quinn's many talents have helped cement his reputation as one of the most experienced polar filmmakers on the globe.
Biography
Max Quinn first made his name in the 1970s as the cinematographer on a series of local historical dramas. But he has spent far longer circling the globe as a nature filmmaker. Along the way he has pointed his camera at penguins, whales and tigers, and captured the first images of a bonobo chimpanzee being born.
Screenography
Awards
1997 EarthVision: The Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival
Excellence Award: The Lost Whales
1997 Stambecco d'Oro International Nature Film Festival (Italy)
Conservation Prize: The Lost Whales
“She got a sniff of me and she came right up to me. There I was on my own on the sea ice, with this beautiful big female polar bear, stalking me no more than 10 metres away. ”