Alun Bollinger

Alun Robert Bollinger MNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand cinematographer, who has worked on several Peter Jackson films, and many other films in New Zealand. He has also been a Director of Photography, including the second unit for Peter Jackson's trilogy The Lord of the Rings. He started as a trainee cine-camera operator for television with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in 1966.

In the 2005 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Bollinger was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cinematography.[1]

A documentary released in 2008, Barefoot Cinema: The Art and Life of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger, turns the camera 180 degrees and looks at Bollinger's work and life.[2]

He lives at Blacks Point, near Reefton on the West Coast of New Zealand, with his wife Helen.

Selected filmography
Cinematographer
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References
  1. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2005". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. "Barefoot Cinema". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  • The New Zealand Listener, 13 May 2006 (pages 38-40)
  • North and South (New Zealand), March 2007 (pages 74-81)


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