# Stuart Page

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For the Australian screenwriter of the same name, see [Reckless (Australian TV series)](/source/Reckless_(Australian_TV_series)).

**Stuart Page** (born 2 November 1957) is a [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) photographer, designer, filmmaker and drummer.

## Early life and education

Page was born on 2 November 1957.[1]

He graduated from [Ilam School of Fine Arts](/source/Ilam_School_of_Fine_Arts) in [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch) with a Diploma in Fine Arts (Hons) in Photography in 1980.[citation needed]

## Work

Page has worked with artists on the [Flying Nun](/source/Flying_Nun_Records) label and many lesser known [counterculture](/source/Counterculture) groups of his country.[citation needed]

After travel to U.S.A. (May-Nov 1982) his screenprinting work took on a new vigour that brought him into contact with many [lo-fi music](/source/Lo-fi_music) groups. Apart from his photography and printing work, his main concern has been documentary film-making and his music group The Axemen. He has produced and directed over forty 16mm and digital music videos & shot several 16mm and digital short films and digital video documentaries, as well as 16mm and 35mm TVCs.

His work is held in collections of [Museum of New Zealand](/source/Museum_of_New_Zealand),[2] [Auckland Art Gallery](/source/Auckland_Art_Gallery),[1] [Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū](/source/Christchurch_Art_Gallery),[3] [Dunedin Public Art Gallery](/source/Dunedin_Public_Art_Gallery), [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art) N.Y.C., [Auckland Public Library](/source/Auckland_Public_Library), Auckland School of Architecture, Dowse Gallery, Manawatu Art Gallery, and others.[citation needed]

## Awards

In 2009 his [documentary film](/source/Documentary_film) *Shustak* won "Best New Zealand Feature Documentary" award, and he was awarded "Best Emerging New Zealand Film-Maker" at the [2009 DocNZ International Film Festival Awards](/source/Documentary_Edge_Awards#New_Zealand_Selection_4). An eight–page photographic portfolio of NZ Rock 'n Roll appeared in [Landfall](/source/Landfall_(journal)) 219.[citation needed]

Page was awarded a "Prix Spécial du Jury" at FIFO 2017 ([Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien](/source/Festival_International_du_Film_Documentaire_Oc%C3%A9anien)) for the 52-minute documentary *How Bizarre - The Story of an Otara Millionaire*.[4] "This is the story of Paul Fuemana, the Māori/Niuean artist who shot to fame in 1995 with the song that was New Zealand's biggest selling record."

## References

1. ["Stuart Page"](https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/2061/stuart-page). *Auckland Art Gallery*. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

1. ["Stuart Page"](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/agent/1757). *Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa*. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

1. ["Collection"](https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/). *Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū*. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

1. ["The Opposition wins top prize at Tahiti FIFO"](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/324362/the-opposition-wins-top-prize-at-tahiti-fifo). *[RNZ](/source/RNZ)*. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

## Sources

- ['How Bizarre' doco streamable full version at Māori Television](http://www.maoritelevision.com/shows/documentary-aotearoa/S05E001/how-bizarre)
- [Stuart Page at NZ on Screen](https://www.nzonscreen.com/person/stuart-page)

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