Wellywood

Wellywood

Wellywood is an informal name for the city of Wellington, New Zealand. The name - a conflation of Wellington and Hollywood - is a reference to the film production business established in the city by "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy and "King Kong" director Peter Jackson. The business operates a number of film-related facilities in the Wellington suburb of Miramar.

ee also

*Cinema of New Zealand
*Park Road Post
*Weta Digital
*Weta Workshop

External links

* [http://www.positivelywellingtonbusiness.co.nz/mainsite/JointWellingtonRegionalInitiativeToSupportWellywoo.html Joint Wellington regional initiative to support Wellywood]
* [http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwpubafs/2003/masseynews/july/july14/stories/wellywood.html Holding back Wellywood] Massey University news article
* [http://daily.greencine.com/archives/000242.html Welcome to Wellywood] Article on the premiere of


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