An unbroken sea of black polythene, dark water, a child struggles … A dated, suburban room, a staggering man, a pink knitted-balaclava marked with a rudely drawn smile … Shadows, a subterranean bunker, a creature red, shackled … Bright urban colours, a crew of bodies moving wildly to a hip hop beat … A dim […]

aika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople is currently climbing its way up the list of the top ten highest-earning local films. From shoot to screen it’s been a quick journey by the standards of Waititi’s previous features. The same was true of Weta Digital’s involvement, coming on board to create a wild pig which, without […]

aika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople has come to the big screen a mere nine months after it finished principal photography, in late June 2015. It was incredibly satisfying seeing the film at the Sylvia Park premiere after walking the green carpet. Green? Yes – green like the bush of course! It was a moment […]

Hunt for the Wilderpeople: Lachlan Milne (DOP), cast members Julian Dennison, Rachel House, Oscar Knightley, Director Taika Waititi

Hunt for the Wilderpeople: Director Taika Waititi and Lachlan Milne (DOP)

Hunt for the Wilderpeople: Alan Gunther Waddingham (lighting and grip assist), Kirsten Green (1st AC), Paul “Pablo” Stevenson (Key Grip/Gaffer), Lachlan Milne (DOP), Director Taika Waititi

Hunt for the Wilderpeople Director Taika Waititi and Julian Dennison

Hunt for the Wilderpeople: Kirsten Green (1st AC), Lachlan Milne (DOP), Darryl Ward (camera operator), Director Taika Waititi, Seumas Cooney (1st AD)

Hunt for the Wilderpeople Director Taika Waititi