Donaldson, Roger, 1945-

Australian-born New Zealand film director, producer and writer. He was a co-founder of the New Zealand Film Commission.

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Shirley Grace transparencies

Date: 1952, 1954, 1957, 1966, 1980, November 1981-December 1981, September 1985, August 1991-September 1991, June 1993

From: Grace, Shirley, 1949-2000 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7573-5

Description: Colour slides of Grace's family (ca 1952-ca 1966), scenes in Papua New Guinea (1980), the Royal Tour of November 1981 including the Variety Concert at St James, Auckland and the Polynesian Festival in the Domain, Auckland, portraits of Roger Donaldson (December 1981), Closet Artists (December 1981), people at Hackett Street residence (September 1985), scenes from a trip to the United Kingdom (1991), and Hone Tuwhare (1993). Arrangement: Transparencies at PA12-3123 to 3135 Quantity: 172 colour original transparency/ies. 24 colour original transparency/ies strips.

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[Ephemera and posters relating to films, motion pictures, cinemas. 1980-1982]

Date: 1980 - 1982

Reference: Eph-D-CINEMA-1980/1982

Description: Includes: 1980s?: The New Zealand Students Arts Council presents "Seminar with film", from the Sydney Filmmakers Co-Operative in a 4-day film seminar, now touring New Zealand campuses. See your student office for further information [1980s?] 1980: John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd. "The Blues Brothers" [1980] (No NZ content) "In spring one plants alone"; a Vincent Ward film. Photography Alun Bollinger and Leon Nareby [sic]. Editor Chris Lancaster; music Jack Body [1980] (2 copies) What'll it be: the money or the bomb? You'll explode with excitement! "Nutcase" starring Jon Gadsby with Nevan Rowe, Ian Watkin, Michael Wilson, Ian Mune, and Melissa Donaldson, Peter Shand, Aaron Donaldson. An Aardvaark / Endeavour Production. Producer John Barnett, director Roger Donaldson. Screenplay Keith Aberdein / Ian Mune [1980]. (2 copies) "Nutcase" [Sheet of 8 still from the film. 1980] 1981: The 1st all New Zealand Film Festival. Academy Cinema Nov 28 - Dec 12 [1981?] The last chapter in the Omen trilogy. "The final conflict". The power of evil is no longer in the hands of a child. Sam Neill as Damien, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow, Barnaby Holm [1981] (2 copies) "Goodbye pork pie". Nothing could stop the men, the mini, the madness. Written by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune, starring Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman, Shirley Gruar [1981] "Wildcat". The struggle for democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union. 16mm colour film. 73 minutes. 1981 (2 copies) 1982: "Fitzcarraldo". Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale. A film by Werner Herzog. M.A.P.S. Litho. [1982] (No NZ content) "Die Fledermaus". Johann Strauss ... with artists from the Royal Danish Opera and Ballet. Directed by Annelise Meineche. Academy Cinema, 74 Cuba Mall [1982] "A grasp of wind", a film by Robert Franken / R. Franken 1982 "Nearly no Christmas" is a magic movie for kids young & old. See it at Downstage, Hannah Playhouse Courtenay Place, 20-24 December [1982] (2 copies) Quantity: 13 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying around 520 x 432 mm.

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Correspondence and papers relating to the 'My Name was Judas' film project

Date: 2007-2012

From: Stead, Christian Karlson, 1932- : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12831-158

Description: Correspondence and papers relating to the ‘My Name was Judas’ film project. The project did not go ahead due to a lack of funding. The folder contains correspondence, memorandum of understandings with Idas Film Limited and Guy Hamling, and a 115 page script. Correspondence is primarily between C K Stead and Guy Hamling (screen writer) from May 2007 to December 2012. Other correspondents include Matthew Horrocks (producer), Roger Donaldson, and includes family correspondence with Margaret Stead. Also contains an email exchange enquiring about an option on ‘Sister Hollywood’. Title supplied by Library Arrangement: The material was originally housed in a wallet folder enclosure. The enclosure was labelled with the following annotations: "Guy Hamling" and "contract, script, etc". Within the folder, the script was originally enclosed in a plastic clear file sleeve. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: The original enclosure is at Library reference MS-Papers-12831-060.. Processing information: The original enclosure was removed and kept in a separate folder. The plastic clear file sleeve was removed and discarded.

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OLC/Rights Entertainment, Tanlay AG, The New Zealand Film Production Fund and the New Z...

Date: 2005

Reference: Eph-C-CINEMA-2005-01

Description: Poster / pamphlet advertising the film "The world's fastest Indian" starring Anthony Hopkins. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on two sides of sheet, 420 x 297 mm. Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into the Manuscripts Section MS-Group-2180; transfers made from there. - From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2180.

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[Ephemera and posters relating to films, motion pictures, cinema. 1980-1984]

Date: 1980 - 1984

Reference: Eph-C-CINEMA-1980/1984

Description: Includes: Undated: - 13th International Film Festival. Regent Theatre, Palmerston North, 15-24 September. Poster (2 copies). - Animation Film Contest for Young People, Age 8-16. Poster. - Brimstone & treacle. Featuring Sting, produced by Kenith Todd, directed by Richard Loncraine. Poster. 1980? - All the way up there. Directed by Gaylene Preston, photographed by Warrick Attewell. Poster. 1980: - Canterbury Film Society 1980. Poster. - Filmakers cinema. Four films directed by Euan Frizzell, George Rose and Richard Adams, Sam Pilsbury, and Vincent Ward. 18-20 January 1980. Poster. 1981: - The final conflict, the last chapter in the Omen trilogy. Featuring Sam Neill, produced by Harvey Bernhard, directed by Graham Baker. Poster (2 copies). - Kings Centre News. 20 August 1981. Newspaper movie extra. - Smash palace. Written, produced and directed by Roger Donaldson. Pressbook. - Spiritual Film Festival. Wellington Public Library lecture theatre. 20 June 1981. Poster. - The Truffaut Festival. Poster [1981?]. 1982: - The atomic cafe. Produced and directed by Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty. Poster. - Carry me back. Directed by John Reid, produced by Graeme Cowley. Poster. - The herdsman. Produced by the Shanghai Film Studio, directed by Xie Jin. Featuring Zhu Shimao, Cong Shan, Liu Qiong and Niu Ben. Poster. - Kerridge Odeon's Regent Centre, Wellington's first & only shopping complex. 14 April 1982. Evening Post supplement. - Tough love. Presented by Outreach Films, produced by Ardon Albrecht, directed by Thomas Azzari. Poster. 1983: - An extravaganza of the Avant-Garde. Presented by Victoria University of Wellington Film Society & Drama Students. Cotton Building, Victoria University of Wellington, 25-27 July 1983. Poster (2 copies). - The first ever Blerta film festival. National Museum Theatrette, Wellington, 14-16 October 1983. Poster (2 copies). - Free films, a selection of films by independent film makers. Museum Theatrette, 10-12 June 1983. Poster (2 copies). - Scandanavian Films. New Zealand premiere - ten films. Wellington Academy Cinema, 21-27 October 1983. Poster. 1984: - Paris, Texas. A film by Wim Wenders. Poster. - The silent one. Based on the book by Joy Cowley. Poster. - Super 8, VIII. Presented by NZ Students Arts Couuncil. 1984. Poster (3 copies). Quantity: 23 posters and other ephemera. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 500 mm.

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[Ephemera of quarto size relating to cinemas, movies, films and film screenings in New ...

Date: 1980-1983

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to cinemas, movies, films and film screenings in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-CINEMA-1980/1983

Description: Includes pamphlets and fliers for films shown in New Zealand including the following New Zealand films: 1980: "Andean kaleidoscope", by H Stern "In spring one plants alone", by Vincent Ward "Jane; the place and paintings of Jane Evans" "Killer whale", produced by Simon Cotton "Lincoln County incident", by pupils of Lincoln High School. "Nutcase", produced by John Barnett "Queen Street", produced by Stewart Main "Squeeze", starring Robert Shannon and Paul Eady with Donna Akersten. Produced written and directed by Richard Turner "Them's the breaks" "Yiorgos starts school", produced by Barry Thomas 1981: "Deathflight 901; the Mt Erebus disaster", producer John Keir "Eye of the octopus", by James Siers "Goodbye Pork Pie" "Gung ho; Rewi Alley of China" [and] "The humble force" "In joy", produced by Stephanie Beth "Kingi's story" "The monsters Christmas", produced by Dave Gibson "Second sight", produced by Kathryn de Nave and Melanie Read "Smash Palace", by Roger Donaldson 1982: "Burials in Ban Nadi", with Chester Gorman "Carry me back", directed by John Reid; produced by Graeme Cowley "A grasp of wind", a film by Robert Franken "Here's New Zealand", directed by Ian John, produced by Nimrod Film Productions for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs New Zealand "Just one child" "Pheno was here", by Richard Riddiford "Trekking with the gods", by Robert F Jessopp "A woman of good character", by David Blyth 1983: "Nearly no Christmas", produced by Dave Gibson, director Yvonne Mackay "The only one you need!", produced and directed by Gaylene Preston "Patu!", the incredible story of the 1981 South African rugby tour of New Zealand "Phar Lap; hero to a nation" "Pictures; the New Zealand film", produced by John O'Shea "Strata", by Geoff Steven "Utu". Booklet (2 copies) "Wild horses", produced by John Barnett Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 330 mm.

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Correspondence (M)

Date: [1974-1977]

From: Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6634-112

Description: Includes correspondence from Gant re possible film production of `The Fifth season' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Inward correspondence - Dobbie-Drucker

Date: 1955-1988

From: Alley, Rewi, 1897-1988 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6533-063

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Smash Palace; there's no road back. Aardvark Films presents a film by Roger Donaldson. ...

Date: 1982

Reference: Eph-E-CINEMA-1982-01

Description: Shows an illustration through a car windscreen of three of the film's characters sitting in the front seat. The actors shown are Bruno Lawrence, Greer Robson and Anna Jemison. [With] Bruno Lawrence, Anna Jemison, Keith Aberdein, Greer Robson, Des Kelly. Associate producer Larry Parr. Music by Sharon O'Neill. Written, produced and directed by Roger Donaldson. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster, 998 x 732 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1982.

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Aardvark Films Ltd :What happens when you're hunted ... and there's nowhere to run! Sle...

Date: 1977

Reference: Eph-E-CINEMA-1977-01

Description: A central panel shows a scene from the film with Sam Neill and Ian Mune, Warren Oates, Nevan Rowe [?], and an advancing row of riot police. Director of photography Michael Seresin. Music by David Calder, Matthew Brown & Murray Grindlay. Songs by Murray Grindlay & Mark Williams. Produced by Aardvark Films in association with the Broadbank Corporation Ltd, Development Finance Corporation of New Zealand and Television One. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster, 880 x 667 mm.

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"Oscars that way!" 7 December, 2005.

Date: 2005

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0000500

Description: The image is of a gorilla standing on the shoulders of a lion who is riding in an old-fashioned covered motor-cycle. They are tearing along the road to the Oscars. The references are to the creation of three highly successful films made in New Zealand; they are: 'King Kong', 'The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe', and 'The World's fastest Indian'. The film directors are: Peter Jackson, Andrew Adamson and Roger Donaldson. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Webb, Murray 1947-:Roger Donaldson (circa 1997-1999).

Date: 1997 - 1999

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-001-072

Description: Caricature of Roger Donaldson, expatriate New Zealand film director working in Hollywood. His films include 'Sleeping Dogs', 'Smash Palace', 'The Bounty', 'Dante's Peak', 'No Way Out', 'Deceit'. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

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Correspondence

Date: 1989

From: Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard, 1932-2004 : Papers and recordings

Reference: MSDL-1241

Description: Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Storage & Corres/Old Storage/Gen Pers. '89" Quantity: 12 Electronic document(s).

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Roger Donaldson, 27 October, 2005.

Date: 2005

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0000340

Description: Caricature of Roger Donaldson, film director, who has just received acclamation for making 'The world's fastest Indian', a film about the Invercargill motorcycle enthusiast, Burt Munro, who attempted to break the world speed record in the 1960s. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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World's premier, The World's fastest Indian. "I think it's about a fella who could hear...

Date: 2005

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0000308

Description: Two little boys are standing in front of a small-town cinema looking at the title 'The World's fastest Indian' and trying to guess what the film is about. One of them suggests that it might be about a fellow who could hear earthquakes coming. Refers to the premier in Invercargill of the film 'The World's fastest Indian' that features an aging Invercargill man, Burt Munro, who attempts to break the world speed record on a souped-up Indian Scout motor-cycle. The film is directed by Roger Donaldson and features Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munro. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

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Inward and outward correspondence (D-P)

Date: [1961-1996]

From: Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard, 1932-2004 : Papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-8044-103

Description: Inward and some outward correspondence relating to radio, television, stage or film productions Quantity: 1 folder(s).