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Vincent Ward
Birth at
16 February 1956
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Vincent Ward is a director, producer, actor and screenwriter from New Zealand. Vincent was born in 1956 in Greytown, New Zealand. He went to St. Patrick’s School and attended fine art classes. After graduation, he entered the University of Canterbury. Soon he began writing scripts and directing. Between 1978 and 1981, Ward made the documentary film In Spring One Plant Alone. For her, he won the Grand Prix at the Cinema du Reel Film Festival in Paris, as well as a silver award at the Chicago Film
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Vincent Ward is a director, producer, actor and screenwriter from New Zealand.
Vincent was born in 1956 in Greytown, New Zealand. He went to St. Patrick’s School and attended fine art classes. After graduation, he entered the University of Canterbury. Soon he began writing scripts and directing.
Between 1978 and 1981, Ward made the documentary film In Spring One Plant Alone. For her, he won the Grand Prix at the Cinema du Reel Film Festival in Paris, as well as a silver award at the Chicago Film Festival. This work later formed the basis of the 2008 film “Children of the Rain”.
Ward’s films have won the highest ratings of critics and have always attracted the attention of festival participants. Soon, it also went international. Navigator. The Medieval Odyssey and
Map of the human heart They were officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival. In addition, they have won more than 30 regional and international awards in countries from Italy to the United States.
Painting "The Navigator." Medieval Odyssey has won two major awards from the film industry in New Zealand and Australia. Shortly thereafter, Vincent shot a new hit “Where Dreams Come”, played by Robin Williams. The tape was nominated for two Academy Awards and also won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. In the US alone, rental fees amounted to $200 million.
While in America, Ward wrote the script for the film.
Alien 3" . He improved and supplemented the material collected for The Last Samurai. Soon his film “Rain Children” won the Grand Prix at one of the film festivals. The film was nominated in the categories "Best Director" and "Best Composer".
In 2010, Vincent Ward released his autobiography Vincent Ward: The Past Awaits. At the same time, he continued to work on the development of cinematography and did not stop painting. During the 8-month period, he held several solo exhibitions.