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. The Award was instigated in 1995, and is presented by the ADG board from time to time to honour recipients who have advocated for the role of the director.[3]

His second wife was author and Indigenous advocate Sandra Le Brun Holmes.

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

Publications
  • Feature Film Screenplays (unrealised) 'Call Me By My Proper Name' (true story of the man hunt for Australian Aboriginal Larrey Boy in the Northern Territory of Australia)
  • Mackie's in Town (screenplay of the true story of Pat Mackie, leader of Mt. Isa Mines Strike of 1964)
  • Morrison of Peking (screenplay based upon book by Australian writer Cyril Pearl, 1967)
  • One Man's Way, Penguin, 1986
  • The Planter of Malaita (screenplay of a Joseph Conrad novella)

Books (unpublished)
  • Mask Of Smiles, 1994 (Holmes' journey into the Philippines)

References
  1. Campbell, Russell. "Cecil William Holmes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. Graham Shirley, 'Cecil Holmes' at Australian Screen Online
  3. The Cecil Holmes Award, Australian Directors Guild


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