---
name: "Don Reynolds"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-reynolds"
fi1m_id: "don-reynolds"
imdb_id: "nm0721691"
tmdb_id: 1546643
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:15:18.398894+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."
---

# Don Reynolds

## Identity

Don Reynolds

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/don-reynolds
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** don-reynolds
- **IMDb ID:** nm0721691
- **TMDB ID:** 1546643
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0721691/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1546643

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0721691/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1546643

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Quiet Earth*](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-earth.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Don Reynolds is a New Zealand producer and former sound recordist. He worked in sound on films including *Utu* (1983) and *Smash Palace* (1981) during the 1980s revival of New Zealand cinema, later establishing sound companies and taking production roles across New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.

His producing credits include *The Quiet Earth* (1985), *Sylvia* (1985), *Illustrious Energy* (1988), *The End of the Golden Weather* (1991) and *River Queen* (2005). He served as executive producer on the television film *Riverworld* (2003) and was involved in the launch of the long-running soap opera *Shortland Street*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Quiet Earth* (1985), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *River Queen* (2005), Producer
- *Peaches* (2005), Producer
- *Spooked* (2004), Producer
- *Riverworld* (2003), Executive Producer
- *The Princess Stallion* (1997), Producer
- *The Ruby Ring* (1997), Producer
- *Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Illustrious Energy* (1988), Producer
- *A Soldier's Tale* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Arriving Tuesday* (1986), Producer
- *Sylvia* (1986), Producer
- *The Quiet Earth* (1985), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-earth.md)
- *Trial Run* (1985), Producer
- *Dangerous Orphans* (1985), Producer
- *Heart of the Stag* (1984), Producer
- *Nate and Hayes* (1983), Sound Recordist
- *Battletruck* (1982), Sound Mixer
- *Race for the Yankee Zephyr* (1981), Sound Editor
- *Smash Palace* (1981), Sound Mixer
- *Beyond Reasonable Doubt* (1980), Sound
- *Surf Sail* (1978), Sound
- *A State of Siege* (1978), Sound
- *New Country - New People* (1978), Sound
- *The Sealhunters* (1973), Sound
- *The Water Cycle* (1972), Sound
- *The Last Round-up* (1947), Actor

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