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Vincent Ward ONZM [1] (born 16 February 1956) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and artist.
Vincent Ward has produced, executive produced and/or written and directed feature films including What Dreams May Come (Which won an Oscar and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards), The River Queen (Won best film in Shanghai) and The Last Samurai (4 Academy Award nominations and winner of Best Foreign Film in Japan) developing the underlying ...
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Actor
- Greytown, New Zealand
- Vincent Ward
Vincent Ward’s films have achieved a wide, eclectic audience whilst earning critical acclaim and festival attention. His latest feature film Rain of the Children (2008) was picked by the audience, from 250 feature films, to win the Grand Prix at Poland’s largest film festival.
Vincent Ward. Director: The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey. Vincent Ward has produced, executive produced and/or written and directed feature films including What Dreams May Come (Which won an Oscar and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards), The River Queen (Won best film in Shanghai) and The Last Samurai (4 Academy Award nominations and winner of ...
- February 16, 1956
Apr 21, 2021 · Vincent Ward, ONZM, is one of the most acclaimed directors to emerge from New Zealand. His films have won praise here and overseas for their distinctive vision and atmosphere. Images in films like Vigil and The Navigator of lone characters in wild landscapes have staked their place in New Zealand screen history.
Vincent Ward has won an international reputation as one of New Zealand's most original and visionary filmmakers. Vigil and The Navigator played in competition at the Cannes Film Festival (the first Kiwi films to do so). In Hollywood, Ward made Robin Williams afterlife drama What Dreams May Come.
You’d be hard pressed to name a more critically acclaimed or pioneering NZ director than Vincent Ward. Ward’s debut feature made history by being the first NZ film to play in competition at Cannes (Vigil, 1984). He repeated the achievement with The Navigator, four years later.
