Michael John Firth (1949 – 9 October 2016) was a New Zealand film director and writer. Firth's first film, Off the Edge, was the first New Zealand feature to be Oscar-nominated.
Filmography Film Year TitleDirectorProducerWriter Notes1977Off the EdgeAlso camera operator1984Heart of the StagAlso editor1985Sylvia1987The Leading EdgeAlso cinematographer1994Vulcan Lane
Assistant director Nutcase (1980)
Camera operator Last Paradise (2013)
Television Year Title Director Producer Notes1992City of Volcanoes1999–2001Adrenalize2013Take the BaitAlso narrator, camera operator and editor
Awards 1977 Nominee for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Off the Edge (1976).
See also List of New Zealand Academy Award winners and nominees
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