Pacific New Media Spring `08
Free Public Lecture
CANCELLED An Evening with New Zealand Actor Cliff Curtis
Event ID: EV009522L
Info: Feb 15 • Fri • 7:00-9:00pm • Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall 012 • Free • Call 956-8244 for information.
With: Cliff Curtis
Cliff Curtis shares his experiences working in both Hollywood on major motion pictures as well as in the New Zealand indigenous filmmaking scene.
One of New Zealand`s most well-known actors, Cliff Curtis had leading roles in the internationally successful films Once Were Warriors and Whale Rider. He has starred opposite many well-known Hollywood actors such as Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp, Nicholas Cage, Denzel Washington, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Carrey, and George Clooney. In 2004 with producer Ainsley Gardiner, he formed an independent film production company, Whenua Films, with the goal of supporting the New Zealand indigenous filmmaking scene.
Supported in part by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.