Owen, Chris (Director)
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Birth Date
- 1944
Death Date
- 2018-03-09
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1974
- Organization: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies
Birth Place
- Great Britain
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Sources
- found: Malagan Labadama, 1982:credits (Chris Owen)
- found: OCLC, Jan. 26, 1997(hdg.: Owen, Chris; director of several films for the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies)
- found: Ronin Films web site, March 12, 2014(Chris Owen; has contributed to almost every significant documentary made in Papua New Guinea over the last three decades, as director, cinematographer, editor or adviser; made The red bowman, Man without pigs, Bridewealth for a goddess, Gogodala, Malangan Labadama, Betelnut bisnis; also directed the Melanesian feature film Tukana) - http://www.roninfilms.com.au/person/125/chris-owen.html
- found: Sydney morning herald WWW site, viewed March 30, 2018(Chris Owen, veteran filmmaker and the guiding presence behind many prominent documentaries from Papua New Guinea, died in Canberra on March 9, 2018; born in the UK in 1944; came to Australia in 1961; arrived in Papua New Guinea in 1972 as a photographer with the tourist board when the country was still under Australian control, and remained there as a resident until 2010; in 1974 he joined the newly established Institute of PNG Studies, and made his first film, Tighten the Drums, about ceremonial decoration in the Western Highlands; had lived in Canberra since 2010)
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Change Notes
- 1997-01-27: new
- 2018-04-29: revised
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