Alun Bollinger

Alun Robert Bollinger (born 1948) is a New Zealand cinematographer, who has worked on several Peter Jackson films, and many other films in New Zealand. He has also been a Director of Photography, including the second unit for Peter Jackson's trilogy The Lord of the Rings. He started as a trainee cine-camera operator for television with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in 1966.

In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bollinger was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cinematography.

A documentary released in 2008, Barefoot Cinema: The Art and Life of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger, turns the camera 180 degrees and looks at Bollinger's work and life.

He lives at Blacks Point, near Reefton on the West Coast of New Zealand, with his wife Helen.

Selected filmography Cinematographer 1974: Uenuku the mist maiden 1977: Wild Man 1977: Dagg Day Afternoon 1978: Charlie Horse 1980: Beyond Reasonable Doubt 1981: Goodbye Pork Pie 1982: Patu! 1983: The Making of Utu 1984: Vigil 1985: Came a Hot Friday 1986: For Love Alone (Australia) 1994: Heavenly Creatures 1995: Forgotten Silver 1995: Cinema of Unease 1996: The Frighteners 2003: Perfect Strangers 2004: Oyster Farmer (Australia) 2005: River Queen 2007: Lovely Rita 2010: Matariki 2017: The Stolen