Michael Firth Explained

Michael John Firth (1949 – 9 October 2016) was a New Zealand film director and writer.^{[1] [2]} Firth's first film, Off the Edge, was the first New Zealand feature to be Oscar-nominated.^{[3] [4]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1977	Off the Edge				Also camera operator
1984	Heart of the Stag				Also editor
1985	Sylvia
1987	The Leading Edge				Also cinematographer
1994	Vulcan Lane

Assistant director

• Nutcase (1980)

Camera operator

• Last Paradise (2013)

Television

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
1992	City of Volcanoes
1999–2001	Adrenalize
2013	Take the Bait			Also narrator, camera operator and editor

Awards

• 1977 Nominee for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Off the Edge (1976).^{[5] [6]}

See also

List of New Zealand Academy Award winners and nominees

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael Firth . . 29 January 2023.
2. Web site: Farewell to Michael Firth . . 7 March 2023 . 11 October 2016.
3. Web site: Michael Firth director . . 28 January 2023.
4. Web site: Michael Firth obituary . . 28 January 2023 . 9 October 2016.
5. Web site: NY Times: Off the Edge . 14 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014083051/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/35997/Off-the-Edge/details . 14 October 2012 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . dead .
6. Web site: The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners . 12 June 2019. oscars.org.