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name: "Alun Bollinger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alun-bollinger"
fi1m_id: "alun-bollinger"
imdb_id: "nm0093151"
tmdb_id: 15090
wikidata_id: "Q447931"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:17:23.533904+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alun Bollinger

## Identity

Alun Bollinger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alun-bollinger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alun-bollinger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0093151
- **TMDB ID:** 15090
- **Wikidata ID:** Q447931
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Bollinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093151/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15090

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1948 in Wellington, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1948, Wellington, New Zealand
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Bollinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093151/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15090

## Biography

Alun Bollinger is a New Zealand cinematographer. He began his career in 1966 as a trainee cine-camera operator with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. Bollinger has worked extensively in New Zealand film and television, serving as director of photography on *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), *The Frighteners* (1996), *Forgotten Silver* (1995), *River Queen* (2005) and *The Stolen* (2017). He has also contributed second-unit cinematography to Peter Jackson's *The Lord of the Rings* trilogy.

Bollinger has collaborated with directors including Peter Jackson, Vincent Ward and Geoff Murphy. In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to cinematography. A 2008 documentary, *Barefoot Cinema: The Art and Life of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger*, profiles his work.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nzonscreen.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), Fi1m 84, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/heavenly-creatures.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *GRACE A Prayer for Peace* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Bright Star* (2021), Cinematography
- *In Dark Places* (2018), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *The Stolen* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Great Maiden's Blush* (2016), Cinematography
- *White Lies* (2013), Cinematography
- *Love Birds* (2011), Director of Photography
- *River Queen* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Oyster Farmer* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Perfect Strangers* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Stickmen* (2001), Camera Operator
- *Woundings* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Forgotten Silver* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Frighteners* (1996), Director of Photography
- *War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us* (1996), Cinematography
- *Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/heavenly-creatures.md)
- *The End of the Golden Weather* (1991), Cinematography
- *A Soldier's Tale* (1988), Director of Photography
- *The Haunting of Barney Palmer* (1987), Cinematography
- *For Love Alone* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Came a Hot Friday* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Vigil* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Making Utu* (1983), Cinematography
- *Goodbye Pork Pie* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union* (1981), Additional Photography
- *In Spring One Plants Alone* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Nutcase* (1980), Grip
- *Beyond Reasonable Doubt* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Sons for the Return Home* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Middle Age Spread* (1979), Camera Operator
- *Sleeping Dogs* (1978), Gaffer
- *A State of Siege* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Dagg Day Afternoon* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Wild Man* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Uenuku* (1974), Cinematography

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