Vincent Ward
Vincent WARD (1956, New Zealand) started writing and directing films at the age of eighteen. His were the first New Zealand films to be screened at Cannes Film Festival. What Dreams May Come (1998) was nominated for two Oscars and awarded the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Ward wrote the script of Alien 3 (1992) and produced The Last Samurai (2003).
Filmography
A State of Siege (1978), In Spring One Plants Alone (1981, doc), Vigil (1984), The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey (1988), Map of the Human Heart (1993), What Dreams May Come (1998), River Queen (2005), Rain of the Children (2008, doc)
Vincent Ward op IFFR
Rain of the Children
101'
Nieuw-Zeeland
IFFR 2009