WaynneWilliams
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Veteran cameraman Waynne Williams, MNZM, has shot everything from the Vietnam War and French nuclear testing to the Christchurch quake, TV drama Pukemanu and Australian movie The Box. Over more than half a century, Williams has worked on over 10,000 news stories. The Christchurch-based lensman runs Port Hills productions with partner Anne Williams.
Screenography
Biography
Waynne Williams' career spans more than half a century. And that doesn't include his first job involving film: as a 12-year-old, selling popcorn and ice creams in the aisles of Lower Hutt's King George cinema.
Enthralled by Cinema Paradiso-style visits to the projection booth, Williams was soon making home movies with an 8mm camera. A school trip to the National Film Unit’s studios in Wellington sealed his fate. “The moment you walked onto the soundstage there, with the lights on, the cameras, I just thought 'this is what I want to do'.”
Awards
2015 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
For services to the television industry
1971 Feltex Television Awards (New Zealand)
TVPDA Award for Allied Crafts
“The manners of the business have changed. Back then we'd have huge arguments about whether a crew would go to intrude on someone, and nowadays we don't really mind intruding.”