Monday, May 9, 2011

Mister Pip Crew to Arrive in Bougainville

Andrew Ralph Adamson, MNZM (born 1 December 1966) is a New Zealand film director, producer and screenwriter based mainly in Los Angeles, California, U.S., where he made the blockbuster animation films, Shrek and Shrek 2 for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He was director, executive producer, and scriptwriter for C. S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Shooting took place in New Zealand, primarily in and around Auckland, but also in South Island where much of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed. He also worked on the movies Batman Forever and Batman & Robin as a visual effects supervisor.
He was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Adamson's parents were a homemaker and a computer engineer. Born in New Zealand, Adamson moved to Papua New Guinea with his parents aged eleven, and he returned to Auckland aged eighteen. When twenty-four, he moved to San Francisco, and divided time between there and Los Angeles. Since making the Narnia films, he has settled back in New Zealand. Adamson has two daughters.[1]
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Adamson


BY ALOYSIUS LAUKAI
Source: New Dawn FM
Link: http://bougainville.typepad.com/newdawn/2011/05/090511mr-pip-to-arrive-in-buka-by-aloysius-laukai-the-world-movie-producers-of-mr-pip-movie-will-be-arriving-in-buka-this-wee.html

The world movie producers of Mr PIP movie will be arriving in Buka this week and will travel to Pidia, home of late WILLIAM TAKAKU to begin filming of the movie Mr PIP.
Famous executive producer of the movies SHREK and NANIA, ANDREW ADAMSON is amongst the production team that will be travelling to Bougainville.
The team is expected to stay for a month to film the story of Mr. PIPS, a white man who lived in Bougainville during the crisis.
Bougainvilleans are advised to help the film crew whenever they are seen in town with their film equipment and also to show the visitors the true spirit of Bougainville hospitality.

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