Cecil Holmes (director)
Cecil William Holmes (23 June 1921 – 24 August 1994) was a New Zealand-born film director and writer. He was born in Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.[1] He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and British Royal Navy during World War II before turning to filmmaking. He made a number of documentaries for the New Zealand National Film Unit then moved to Australia, where he directed several feature films and a number of documentaries for the Commonwealth Film Unit.[2]
The Cecil Holmes Award given by the Australian Directors Guild is named after him.[3]
Selected filmography
- Captain Thunderbolt (1953) - director
- Words for Freedom (1953) (documentary) - director
- Three in One (1957) - director
- Lotu (1962) (documentary) - director
- I, The Aboriginal (documentary) - director
- Faces in the Sun (1964) (documentary) - director
- Gentle Strangers (1972) - director
- The Killing of Angel Street (1981) - writer
References
- ↑ Campbell, Russell. "Cecil William Holmes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Graham Shirley, 'Cecil Holmes' at Australian Screen Online
- ↑ The Cecil Holmes Award, Australian Directors Guild
External links
- Cecil Holmes at the Internet Movie Database
- Cecil Holmes profile at Australian Screen Online
- Cecil Holmes at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Cecil Holmes at Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
- Cecil Holmes Bibliography at Australian Film Institute
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