No Ordinary Sheila
Suitable for general audiences 2017 1h 37m Film
- Documentary
About
No Ordinary Sheila unfurls the life story of the adventurous, multi-talented Sheila Natusch: from first opening her eyes to nature while growing up on Stewart Island, as the daughter of a ranger and an artist; through befriending Janet Frame during teacher training, to the many books Natusch went on to write and/or illustrate. Filmmaker Hugh Macdonald (This is New Zealand) directs this portrait of a lover of nature and life, her joy unbowed by age. Natusch died on 10 August 2017, just days after watching the film as part of a packed house at the 2017 Wellington Film Festival.
Key Cast & Crew
CD
Christine Dann
Writer, Producer, Research
Kim Hill
Subject
DP
Dinah Priestley
Subject
VC
Vanessa Carruthers
Camera
KLC
Kate Le Comte
Camera
SP
Steve Pearce
Camera
MK
Mary Khanna
Camera
BG
Ben Gustavson
Camera
PB
Phil Burton
Sound Design
TB
Tim Butters
Camera
DM
Dave McCarlie
Camera
GM
Graeme Moffatt
Camera
PD
Phil Darkins
Narrator
DA
Dave Asher
Camera
RM
Richard Mekalick
Camera
