Sam Pillsbury

Sam Pillsbury

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sam Pillsbury is an American film director and producer. Connecticut-raised Sam Pillsbury emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 14. Aged 23, he began working at the Government-owned National Film Unit, joining a group of emerging filmmakers who were investigating new subjects and styles. Pillsbury directed seven films at the National Film Unit, including a multi-faceted study of artist Ralph Hotere, and a satirical look at workplace relations (Men and Supermen). He was also part of the directing team on Commonwealth Games chronicle Games 74, and worked both on set and at the editing bench for Paul Maunder's Gone Up North for a While. Pillsbury went solo in 1975. Documentary Birth with R.D.Laing won awards on both sides of the Tasman, and controversy in England and the United States. The film featured controversial Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing critiqueing Western medical handling of childbirth. Pillsbury also worked on four documentaries for TV slot Seven Days, which variously looked into life for a solo mother, an ex-convict, hospital patients, and young Māori in the city. More TV docos followed, then in 1978, Against the Lights, a short drama based on a Witi Ihimaera tale. Pillsbury's Round the Bays doco The Greatest Run on Earth won awards at festivals in Chicago and Torino. Pillsbury's feature film debut in 1981 was with The Scarecrow, based on the gothic novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson. Presented through the eyes of two teenage boys, the film chronicles the arrival in a 50s town of a mysterious stranger (played by American movie legend John Carradine). In 1982 The Scarecrow became the first Kiwi film to win invitation to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, in the non-competitive Director's Fortnight section. Teen star Jono Smith later reinvented himself as a cinematographer in England. Pillsbury then worked extensively on a screen adaptation of end of the world sci-fi novel The Quiet Earth, before handing the project to director Geoff Murphy after deciding it needed fresh eyes (he later joked at being one of the only directors who had fired himself). Instead Pillsbury helmed 1880s immigrant tale Heart of the High Country for TV (based on a novel by Elizabeth Gowans), then segued into period road movie Starlight Hotel, which starred Smash Palace discovery Greer Robson. Since Starlight Hotel, Pillsbury has directed extensively, mainly on American tele-movies. He returned to Kiwi moviemaking in 2000 for Crooked Earth, the tale of a clash between two Māori: a militant drug-dealer, and former military man Temuera Morrison. Pillsbury's other features include Free Willy 3: The Rescue, 2008 road movie Endless Bummer and Knight Rider 2010. These days Pillsbury has a second career as a winemaker. In 2000 he and a business partner sold Arizona wine company Dos Cabezas to a group headed by the lead singer for rock group Tool (band). Pillsbury Wine Company was launched soon afterwards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Pillsbury, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • 1985
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    The Quiet Earth

    The Quiet Earth

    6.6 1985 HD

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  • 2003
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    Where the Red Fern Grows

    Where the Red Fern Grows

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  • 2003
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    Where the Red Fern Grows

    Where the Red Fern Grows

    5.8 2003 HD

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  • 1991
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    Zandalee

    Zandalee

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  • 2001
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    Crooked Earth

    Crooked Earth

    6.2 2001 HD

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  • 1998
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    Fifteen and Pregnant

    Fifteen and Pregnant

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  • 1994
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    Knight Rider 2010

    Knight Rider 2010

    4.571 1994 HD

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  • 1997
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    Free Willy 3: The Rescue

    Free Willy 3: The Rescue

    6.145 1997 HD

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  • 2003
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    The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay

    The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay

    6.2 2003 HD

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  • 2001
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    Morgan's Ferry

    Morgan's Ferry

    6.1 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Wedding Dress

    The Wedding Dress

    5 2001 HD

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  • 1987
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    Starlight Hotel

    Starlight Hotel

    5.9 1987 HD

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  • 1991
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    Into the Badlands

    Into the Badlands

    5.55 1991 HD

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  • 2004
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    Raising Waylon

    Raising Waylon

    5.8 2004 HD

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  • 1996
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    Thrill

    Thrill

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  • 2003
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    Audrey's Rain

    Audrey's Rain

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  • 2009
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    National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer

    National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer

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  • 2009
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    National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer

    National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer

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  • 1982
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    The Scarecrow

    The Scarecrow

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  • 1996
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    Sins of Silence

    Sins of Silence

    6 1996 HD

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  • 1999
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    Secret of Giving

    Secret of Giving

    7.286 1999 HD

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  • 2001
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    Taking Back Our Town

    Taking Back Our Town

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  • 1974
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    Ralph Hotere

    Ralph Hotere

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  • 1974
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    Ralph Hotere

    Ralph Hotere

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  • 1994
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    Shadows of Desire

    Shadows of Desire

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Quiet Earth

    The Quiet Earth

    6.6 1985 HD

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  • 1994
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    Search for Grace

    Search for Grace

    6 1994 HD

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  • 1992
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    The President's Child

    The President's Child

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1995
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    Between Love and Honor

    Between Love and Honor

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1994
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    Eyes of Terror

    Eyes of Terror

    4 1994 HD

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  • 1996
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    A Mother's Instinct

    A Mother's Instinct

    5 1996 HD

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  • 1996
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    A Mother's Instinct

    A Mother's Instinct

    5 1996 HD

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

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