Don Selwyn

Don Selwyn
ONZM
Selwyn in 2002
Born
Don Charles Selwyn

(1935-11-22)22 November 1935
Taumarunui, New Zealand
Died13 April 2007(2007-04-13) (aged 71)
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Actor, filmmaker

Don Charles Selwyn ONZM (22 November 1935 – 13 April 2007) was a Māori actor and filmmaker from New Zealand. He was a founding member of the New Zealand Māori Theatre Trust and directed the 2002 film Te tangata whai rawa o Weneti (The Maori Merchant of Venice), the first Māori language feature film with English subtitles.[1]

  1. ^ "Veteran Māori film-maker and actor Don Selwyn dies". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 13 April 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2011.