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Vincent Ward

ヴィンセント・ウォード　/　ゔぃんせんと・うぉーど

Film director from New Zealand

February 16, 1956 (age 70)　・　Greytown, New Zealand

film director
screenwriter
film producer

My Take

What strikes me about Vincent Ward is how he turned remoteness into a signature. Emerging from tiny Greytown at the edge of the world, he built a body of work that feels painterly and deeply interior rather than commercially safe. The Order of New Zealand and an honorary doctorate tell me his peers see him less as a craftsman than as a genuine national artist. I admire creators who write, direct, produce and even act, refusing to outsource their vision, and Ward clearly belongs to that stubborn breed. He is the kind of filmmaker whose ambition I quietly root for.

Overview

Vincent Ward (born 16 February 1956) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and artist.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Vincent Ward
Name (Japanese): ヴィンセント・ウォード
Reading: ゔぃんせんと・うぉーど
Born: February 16, 1956 (age 70)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Monkey
Origin: Greytown, New Zealand
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film producer / actor / director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Kuranui College

Awards & achievements

2007 Order of New Zealand
1988 Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award
2014 honorary doctor of the University of Canterbury

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

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