Harry Sinclair
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Born | Harry Alan Sinclair 1959 (age 64–65) Auckland, New Zealand |
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Years active | 1987–present |
Known for | Isildur in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
Harry Alan Sinclair (born 1959) is a New Zealand film director, writer and actor. In his early career he was an actor and member of
Early life
Harry Sinclair was born in 1959 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is the son of historian Keith Sinclair and brother of writer Stephen Sinclair.[2]
Sinclair studied acting at the Ecole
Career
The Front Lawn
In 1985 he co-founded The Front Lawn (with
The Front Lawn also toured extensively in Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand.
Sinclair and McGlashan made several short films: The Lounge Bar (which was featured in the First Annual International Festival of Short Films in the U.S. as one of the "world's best live-action shorts"), Walk Short and Linda’s Body (which won Best Short Film at the New Zealand Film Awards).
Films
After The Front Lawn disbanded in 1990, Sinclair directed two short films, Casual Sex, and Avenue Du Maine.
Sinclair's first feature film
His second feature,
His third feature was Toy Love (2002) starring Dean O'Gorman and Kate Elliott.
His three feature films were made in an unconventional manner, with Sinclair casting his lead actors before writing the scripts. The stories were developed during video workshops with the actors, and the final scripts written during the shoots, allowing the stories to develop organically, building on what naturally developed between the actors.
Television
In 2009 and 2010 he was a regular director of the TV series 90210.
The Builders Association
From 2006 to 2008 Sinclair collaborated with the New York-based theatre company Builders Association, touring internationally as an actor in their production Super Vision. He co-wrote their next production, Continuous City, which premiered in November 2008 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and toured through 2010. He also played a lead role in Continuous City, appearing only in projected film sequences.
Kiri and Lou
Sinclair is currently writing and directing an animated children's series, Kiri and Lou, for Television New Zealand and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is collaborating with animation director Ant Elworthy and composer Don McGlashan, and the series is produced by Fiona Copland.
Personal life
Harry Sinclair lives in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Production Company |
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1987 | Walk Short | Lead | Front Lawn Films |
1989 | The Lounge Bar | Lead | Front Lawn Films |
1990 | Linda's Body | Lead | Front Lawn Films |
1992 | Braindead | Roger | WingNut Films |
1997 | The Footstep Man | Seskau | Hibiscus Films |
2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Isildur | WingNut Films |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Isildur | WingNut Films |
2012 | Lego The Lord of the Rings | Isildur | TT Games |
References
- ^ "Harry Sinclair". IMDb. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Harry Sinclair | NZ on Screen".
External links
- http://harrysinclair.com/ Archived 5 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Radio interview with Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand, 20 August 2011 (audio only)
- Harry Sinclair at IMDb