Don Selwyn

Don C. Selwyn (22 November 1935 – 13 April 2007) was a Maori actor and film director from New Zealand. He was a founding member of the New Zealand Maori Theatre Trust and directed the 2002 film The Merchant of Venice, the first Maori language feature film with English subtitles.^[1]

Born of Ngati Kuri and Te Aupouri descent, Selwyn grew up in Taumarunui and began his professional life as a teacher. In 1984 he began a film and television training course for Maori and Pacific Islanders. In 1992 he co-founded He Taonga Films. In 2007 the Arts Foundation of New Zealand selected him for an Icon Award, which was awarded to him privately shortly before he died.

Selected filmography

• My Letter to George (1986)

References

1. ^ "Veteran Maori film-maker and actor Don Selwyn dies". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 13 April 2007. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10434094. Retrieved 29 September 2011. 

External links

• Don Selwyn at the Internet Movie Database

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