ScreenTalk: Chris Hampson
17 Apr 2011
Drama producer Chris Hampson has worked in film and television for nearly 30 years. During that time, he has seen many commissioners, programmers, policies and Governments come and go.
Drama producer Chris Hampson has worked in film and television for nearly 30 years.
During that time, he has seen many commissioners, programmers, policies and Governments come and go, while negotiating the sometimes treacherous landscape of TV and film production.
Along the way he has delivered films and TV shows such as Illustrious Energy, Marlin Bay, Doves of War and Kaitangata Twitch.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Hampson reveals:
- How he started out in television
- Some of the processes involved in making Footrot Flats: The Dog’s (Tail) Tale
- The joys and challenges of making feature film Illustrious Energy
- Details of the creation of South Pacific Pictures, and making Marlin Bay
- Camera techniques used on Cover Story
- An insight into the way Street Legal was shot
- The guerilla tactics used to shoot some of Doves of War
- The story behind the rise and fall of Orange Roughies
- How feature film Under the Mountain came about
- Behind-the-scenes details on the making of Kaitangata Twitch
This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.
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