File:Sam Neill- Landfall - A Film About Ourselves (1974) (20937182478).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (11,649 × 7,957 pixels, file size: 10.69 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Warning The original file is very high-resolution. It might not load properly or could cause your browser to freeze when opened at full size. Open in ZoomViewer
Description

On September 14 1947 New Zealand actor & winemaker Sam Neill was born. His birth name is Nigel John Dermot Neill. He was born in Northern Ireland, in Omagh, County Tyrone, the second son of Dermot Neill, a Harrow- and Sandhurst-educated British Army officer and third-generation New Zealander, and his English wife, Priscilla Beatrice. In 1954, Neill returned with his family to New Zealand, where he attended the Anglican boys' boarding school Christ's College in Christchurch. He then went on to study English literature at the University of Canterbury.

Sam Neill started work at the National Film Unit (NFU) before embarking on a successful acting career. He joined the NFU on January 31 1972 as a Production Trainee. He was promoted to Production Assistant in 1974 before becoming a Film Director in 1977. He left the Film Unit sometime before March 1979 (Information gathered from Public Service lists held in Wellington Reading Room of Archives New Zealand).

The National Film Unit was established to publicise New Zealand's participation and achievements during the Second World War. After 1945 the NFU expanded from producing weekly newsreels to making documentaries and films to the order of Government Departments. During its existence the NFU produced films for national organisations as well as many films on its own initiative. The private film industry in New Zealand relied heavily on the National Film Unit's extensive film processing facilities.

Sam’s first film was Landfall – A Film About Ourselves produced by the National Film Unit. These stills are from the original 35mm stills held by Archives New Zealand. He later went on to achieve huge success with Hollywood blockbusters such as Jurassic Park. He also runs a vineyard in Queenstown called Two Paddocks - www.twopaddocks.com/

His full filmography can be found here: www.imdb.com/name/nm0000554/

Reference: AAPG W3939 Box 28 archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=24290091 For more information email Research.Archives@dia.govt.nz

For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ
Date
Source Sam Neill: Landfall - A Film About Ourselves (1974)
Author Archives New Zealand from New Zealand
Other versions
Image extraction processThis file has an extracted image: Sam Neill- Landfall - A Film About Ourselves (1974) (20937182478) (cropped).jpg.
lang=en

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Archives New Zealand at https://flickr.com/photos/35759981@N08/20937182478. It was reviewed on 8 September 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

8 September 2016

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:56, 8 September 2016Thumbnail for version as of 20:56, 8 September 201611,649 × 7,957 (10.69 MB)Vanished Account Byeznhpyxeuztibuo (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons

You cannot overwrite this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Sam_Neill-_Landfall_-_A_Film_About_Ourselves_(1974)_(20937182478).jpg&oldid=922734276"