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Glenn Standring is a New Zealand scriptwriter, producer and film director, working in the action, horror and fantasy genres. He is from Feilding in the North Island of New Zealand. He is descended from Glaswegians and Mancunians on the European side and the Ngāpuhi tribe on the New Zealand side.
Glenn Standring. Writer: 6 Days. Has a BFA in Film and a first class honors degree in Archaeology . His short film "Lenny Minute" was nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival.
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- The Dead Lands: Māori History & Culture Explained
- Every Māori Symbol in The Dead Lands
- How Close The Dead Lands Gets to Real Māori History
The history of the Māori goes as far back as the 1300s when the indigenous Polynesian people arrived in New Zealand between 1320 and 1350. After centuries of isolation, they developed their own distinct culture of mythology, language, and crafts that differs from eastern Polynesian people. When Europeans arrived in the country during the 17thcentur...
Waka Nuku Rau is introduced as a warrior who uses paddle shaped weaponry to kill his enemies as well as the undead. Once he meets Mehe, she gives him the gift of a weapon of greenstone that is sacred to her village. This is a direct link between the artifacts that archeologists have uncovered that show that most of the finest made weaponry was craf...
While The Dead Lands is an entirely fictitious account of Māori ancient times that includes the unlikely situation of the dead rising to eat the living, it does feature so much historical accuracy that the series provides educational elements of these people. There is overwhelming scarce documentation on Māori history during the years that they iso...
Glenn Standring is a writer/director with a background in animation and computer graphics. His 1996 short Lenny Minute was accepted into competition at Cannes. To date his feature films have been southern gothic takes on the occult/horror genres.
This is one of his early films and the debut film from Kiwi film maker Glenn Standring. It's a bit twisted but I actually enjoyed it and it was good to see Karl acting with his own Kiwi...
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View Glenn Standring’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. Director at Minute Productions · Experience: AMC Networks "The Dead Lands" Tv Series ·...
- AMC Networks "The Dead Lands" Tv Series
Glenn Standring. Writer: 6 Days. Has a BFA in Film and a first class honors degree in Archaeology . His short film "Lenny Minute" was nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival.
