MichaelHeath
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Although Michael Heath helped create a run of pioneering examples of the cinema of unease, his contributions to Kiwi culture defy easy categorisation. His scripts have made a comfortable home between genres: children’s vampire tale Moonrise/Grampire, nostalgic Ronald Hugh Morrieson chiller The Scarecrow, Heath’s work with director Tony Williams, and acclaimed song-cycle A Small Life.
Screenography
Biography
Michael Heath’s scripts often involve childhood and/or the fantastical. Beyond that, Heath is a hard man to pin down. A rabid film fan whose tastes range from splatter to Satyajit Ray, Heath’s extended career includes co-creating the first Kiwi horror film, and directing moody documentaries about modernist painters. Along the way he has enjoyed extended writing relationships with directors Tony Williams and David Blyth, and a late flowering as a director.
Awards
2002 Kara Film Festival (Pakistan)
Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay: for A Small Life
2002 Avanca International Meeting of Cinema, TV, Video & Multimedia (Portugal)
Special Mention: A Small Life
“He has rebelled against constraints on self-expression ...The products of his personal resistance movement are plays and scripts which are surreal, or strange, or deeply moving, or funny, or all of those.”
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