Michael Firth

Michael John Firth (1949 – 9 October 2016) was a New Zealand film director and writer.^[1][2] Firth's first film, Off the Edge, was the first New Zealand feature to be Oscar-nominated.^[3][4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1977	Off the Edge[4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also camera operator
1984	Heart of the Stag	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor
1985	Sylvia	Yes	Yes	Yes
1987	The Leading Edge	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also cinematographer
1994	Vulcan Lane	Yes	Yes	No

Assistant director

• Nutcase (1980)

Camera operator

• Last Paradise (2013)

Television

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
1992	City of Volcanoes	Yes	Yes
1999–2001	Adrenalize	No	Yes
2013	Take the Bait	Yes	Yes	Also narrator, camera operator and editor

Awards

• 1977 Nominee for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Off the Edge (1976).^[5][6]

See also

List of New Zealand Academy Award winners and nominees