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Alun Bollinger

Career

Active from 1977 to 2025, busiest in 1977 and 1980 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alun Bollinger Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Politics
    2.0, average 2.6
  • Futuristic
    0.3, average 0.9
  • Family Dynamics
    4.3, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • New Zealand Cinema 2
  • Kidnapping Drama 2
  • Survival Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
GRACE A Prayer for Peace
GRACE A Prayer for Peace (2025)

Director of Photography

Bright Star
Bright Star (2021)

Cinematography

2010s

5 titles · average score 46
In Dark Places
In Dark Places (2018)

Director of Photography, Camera Operator

The Stolen
The Stolen (2017)
GoodWatch score 25

Director of Photography

The Great Maiden's Blush
The Great Maiden's Blush (2016)

Cinematography

White Lies
White Lies (2013)
GoodWatch score 74

Cinematography

Love Birds
Love Birds (2011)
GoodWatch score 40

Director of Photography

2000s

4 titles · average score 55
River Queen
River Queen (2005)
GoodWatch score 53

Director of Photography

Oyster Farmer
Oyster Farmer (2004)
GoodWatch score 49

Director of Photography

Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers (2003)
GoodWatch score 49

Director of Photography

Stickmen
Stickmen (2001)
GoodWatch score 70

Camera Operator

1990s

7 titles · average score 64
Woundings
Woundings (1998)
GoodWatch score 36

Director of Photography

Forgotten Silver
Forgotten Silver (1997)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

The Frighteners
The Frighteners (1996)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography

War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us
War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us (1996)

Cinematography

Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995)

Director of Photography

Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
GoodWatch score 82

Director of Photography

The End of the Golden Weather
The End of the Golden Weather (1991)

Cinematography

1980s

11 titles · average score 61
A Soldier's Tale
A Soldier's Tale (1988)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

The Haunting of Barney Palmer
The Haunting of Barney Palmer (1987)

Cinematography

For Love Alone
For Love Alone (1986)
GoodWatch score 45

Director of Photography

Came a Hot Friday
Came a Hot Friday (1985)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

Vigil
Vigil (1984)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Making Utu
Making Utu (1983)

Cinematography

Goodbye Pork Pie
Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union
Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union (1981)

Additional Photography

Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)
GoodWatch score 53

Director of Photography

In Spring One Plants Alone
In Spring One Plants Alone (1980)

Director of Photography

Nutcase
Nutcase (1980)

Grip

1970s

7 titles · average score 61
Sons for the Return Home
Sons for the Return Home (1979)

Director of Photography

Middle Age Spread
Middle Age Spread (1979)

Camera Operator

A State of Siege
A State of Siege (1978)

Director of Photography

Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs (1978)
GoodWatch score 61

Gaffer

Dagg Day Afternoon
Dagg Day Afternoon (1977)

Director of Photography

Wild Man
Wild Man (1977)

Director of Photography

Uenuku
Uenuku (1974)

Cinematography