Michael Firth

{{short description|New Zealand film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2023}} '''''Michael John Firth''''' (1949 – 9 October 2016) was a [[New Zealand]] film director and writer.<ref name="ACMI">{{cite web |title=Michael Firth |url=https://www.acmi.net.au/creators/21612--michael-firth/ |publisher=[[Australian Centre for the Moving Image]] |access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="NZFC">{{cite web |title=Farewell to Michael Firth |url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/news/farewell-michael-firth |publisher=[[New Zealand Film Commission]] |access-date=7 March 2023 |date=11 October 2016}}</ref> Firth's first film, ''[[Off the Edge]]'', was the first New Zealand feature to be Oscar-nominated.<ref name="NZOS">{{cite web |title=Michael Firth director |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/michael-firth |website=[[NZ On Screen]] |access-date=28 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="NZH">{{cite web |title=Michael Firth obituary |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/michael-firth-obituary?pid=181882186 |publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=28 January 2023 |date=9 October 2016}}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title !Director !Producer !Writer ! Notes |- |1977 |''[[Off the Edge]]''<ref name="NZH"/> |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Also camera operator |- |1984 |''[[Heart of the Stag]]'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Also editor |- |1985 |''[[Sylvia (1985 film)|Sylvia]]'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |- |1987 |''The Leading Edge'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Also cinematographer |- |1994 |''Vulcan Lane'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |}

'''Assistant director''' * ''Nutcase'' (1980)

'''Camera operator''' * ''Last Paradise'' (2013)

=== Television === {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Producer ! Notes |- |1992 |''City of Volcanoes'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | |- |1999–2001 |''Adrenalize'' |{{no}} |{{yes}} | |- |2013 |''Take the Bait'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Also narrator, camera operator and editor |}

==Awards== * 1977 Nominee for an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature]] for ''Off the Edge'' (1976).<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/35997/Off-the-Edge/details |title=NY Times: Off the Edge |accessdate=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014083051/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/35997/Off-the-Edge/details |archive-date=14 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Oscars1977">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |title=The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=12 June 2019|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

==See also== [[List of New Zealand Academy Award winners and nominees]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|278751}}

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