It could be hobbits traversing through Middle Earth or Lucy Lawless reshaping the world with her sword: either way, the New Zealand film and television scene loves genre. This passion has seen our friends across the Tasman celebrated globally for their unique and inventive vision, whether that’s Peter Jackson morphing from Meet The Feebles (1989) to the epic The Lord Of The Rings trilogy (2001-03), or Taika Waititi’s simultaneously dark and playful vision in Hunt For The Wilderpeople (2016). From Flight Of The Conchords (2007-09) to Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001) the Kiwi film industry has consistently created a distinct niche in the global screen world.
Curator Notes
Edie Kurzer is a celebrated Australian designer. Twice she has won the AACTA Award, the most prestigious prize for costume design in Australia, for her work on the iconic 6 part TV series Picnic at Hanging Rock (Foxtel /FremantleMedia) and the highly lauded ABC mini-series Molly. With Picnic she also won the coveted Australian Production Design Guild’s prize and in 2019 won it once more for the feature film Judy & Punch.
Over the past twenty-five years in Australia Edie has made crucial contributions to major productions such as: the Gillian Armstrong-directed documentary feature film Women He’s Undressed (about Orry Kelly); the influential TV mini-series Secret River and Violent Earth; and the feature films South Solitary (starring Miranda Otto), Look Both Ways, Matching Jack, and Thank God He Met Lizzie (starring Cate Blanchett, Richard Roxburgh and Frances O’Connor). She also designed costumes for Josh Thomas on his ground-breaking television series Please Like Me (season 4).
Internationally, Edie has worked with director Bill Bennett on both In a Savage land and Tempted (starring Burt Reynolds and Saffron Burrows) and with the renowned British film and theatre director Mike Leigh on the Royal Stratford Theatre’s production of A Greek Tragedy (London/Edinburgh/Sydney).
Edie has also collaborated in vital cultural and educational projects in Indigenous communities in major cities and in remote regions of Australia.
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16 February 2031
ACMI: Gallery 1
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The Story of the Moving Image → Foyer → Entry → FSF-02. Fed Sq Foyer Cabinets → FSF Cabinet 14
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