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Barry Ronald Barclay, MNZM (12 May 1944 – 19 February 2008) was a New Zealand filmmaker and writer of Māori (Ngāti Apa, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Hauiti) and Pākehā (European) descent.
Barry Barclay — director of landmark TV series Tangata Whenua and feature film Ngati — was a longtime campaigner for the right of indigenous people to tell their own stories, to their own people. In 2004 he was made an Arts Foundation Laureate, and in 2007 a Member of the NZ Order of Merit.
Mar 1, 2012 · The rise of indigenous cinema as a global phenomenon has been characterized most forcefully by Maori filmmaker and critic Barry Barclay, who coined the term ‘Fourth Cinema’ in a 2002 speech in order to separate indigenous minority cinemas – which operate ‘outside of the national orthodoxy’ – from the First, Second and ...
Barry Barclay was born on 12 May 1944 in Masterton, New Zealand. He was a director and writer, known for Ngati (1987), The Feathers of Peace (2000) and Autumn Fires (1977). He died on 17 February 2008 in Omapere, New Zealand.
The late Barry Barclay [Ngāti Apa] was one of New Zealand's most respected filmmakers. He directed such landmark titles as TV series Tangata Whenua, award-winning film Ngati, and The Feathers of Peace. Barclay was also a longtime campaigner for the right of indigenous people to tell their own stories to their own people.
Barry Barclay developed a Māori film-making aesthetic in the landmark documentary-series, Tangata Whenua, produced with the late Michael King in 1974 about Māori life and culture. He was the first Māori director of a dramatic feature, Ngati (1987), proving a film could be made in collaboration with local communities.
Mar 16, 2021 · Barry Barclay, MNZM, produced some of New Zealand's most important films. His documentaries and dramatic films are national treasures as artistic works. The content often explores Māoridom in an intelligent, respectful and genuine manner. Born in 1944, Barry was of Caucasian and Māori descent.
