Screentalk: Don Blakeney

Posted Thursday 07 Apr 2011

The latest Screentalk interview on NZ On Screen is a chat with film producer Don Blakeney. In this special ScreenTalk interview, with veteran producer and industry colleague John Barnett, Blakeney talks about:

  • How he got the Film Commission's first Executive Director job

  • How the Commission got going

  • The early filmmakers the Commission nurtured and funding philosophies back then

  • The importance of marketing New Zealand films

  • Producing Utu for Geoff Murphy

  • How luck went against Utu with both its NZ and international releases

  • How early Film Commission optimism is reflected in some of today's NZ feature film releases

Check out the interview here.