Alun Bollinger

Alun 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. He was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honours, 2005 A documentary released in 2008, Barefoot Cinema: The Art and Life of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger, turns the camera 180 degrees and looks at AlBol's work and life. He lives at Blacks Point, near Reefton on the West Coast of New Zealand, with his wife Helen,...