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Stuart Page (born 2 November 1957) is a New Zealand photographer, designer, filmmaker and drummer.

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Early life and education

Page was born on 2 November 1957. [1]

He graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts in Christchurch with a Diploma in Fine Arts (Hons) in Photography in 1980.[ citation needed ]

Work

Page has worked with artists on the Flying Nun label and many lesser known counterculture groups of his country.[ citation needed ]

After travel to U.S.A. (May-Nov 1982) his screenprinting work took on a new vigour that brought him into contact with many lo-fi music groups. Apart from his photography and printing work, his main concern has been documentary film-making and his music group The Axemen. He has produced and directed over forty 16mm and digital music videos & shot several 16mm and digital short films and digital video documentaries, as well as 16mm and 35mm TVCs.

His work is held in collections of Museum of New Zealand, [2] Auckland Art Gallery, [1] Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, [3] Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Museum of Modern Art N.Y.C., Auckland Public Library, Auckland School of Architecture, Dowse Gallery, Manawatu Art Gallery, and others.[ citation needed ]

Awards

In 2009 his documentary film Shustak won "Best New Zealand Feature Documentary" award, and he was awarded "Best Emerging New Zealand Film-Maker" at the 2009 DocNZ International Film Festival Awards. An eight–page photographic portfolio of NZ Rock 'n Roll appeared in Landfall 219.[ citation needed ]

Page was awarded a "Prix Spécial du Jury" at FIFO 2017 (Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien) for the 52-minute documentary How Bizarre - The Story of an Otara Millionaire. [4] "This is the story of Paul Fuemana, the Māori/Niuean artist who shot to fame in 1995 with the song that was New Zealand's biggest selling record."

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stuart Page". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. "Stuart Page". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. "The Opposition wins top prize at Tahiti FIFO". RNZ. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

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