VIDEO ORAL HISTORY. DAN MCKIRDY

Dan McKirdy worked for NZBC/TVNZ originally as a technician and later became a technical operator/cameraman/Floor Manager/First Assistant Director and then a Producer/Director working on Close to Home, Country GP and numerous other productions.

Key Points: NZBC, Avalon, Process of employment for the NZBC, BBC, Canadian Film Board, Maori in television, friction within the NZBC

Key People: Malcolm Kemp, Tony Hiles, Michael Streadman, Bill Pearson, Ian Fraser, Tom (Tama) Poata, Bill Earl, Murray Reece, Ken Merrilees, Andrew Wittaker

Film Titles: Coal Flat, The Governor, Close To Home, Country GP, Gone up North for a While, Pukemanu, Seddon, The Dumb Waiter, Buck House, Fair Go,Peppermint Twist.Open House, Moynihan etc

Detailed abstract with time-code available at the Film Archive.