Waka Attewell

Warrick 'Waka' Attewell is a New Zealand cinematographer who over a long career has worked on many notable film and television productions. He joined John O'Shea's Pacific Films early in his career where he worked on Tangata Whenua - the People of the Land (1974), directed by Barry Barclay, and written and presented by Michael King.^[1] Independently and through his production company Valhalla Films, Attewell has filmed and directed short films, features, documentary, music video's and commercials.^[2] Developing future film makers has been part of Attewell's career, teaching cinematography at various film schools in New Zealand.^[1] Attewell has also worked with many well known New Zealand personalities and entertainers including briefly with Billy T James on a commercial.^[3] Attewell was director of photography on the documentary about Billy T James called Billy T: Te Movie (2011) .^[2][3] Most recently Attewell was cinematographer and concept director on the Undertow (2019) television series screened on Māori Television in New Zealand.^[4]