Stuart Page

Stuart Page (born 1957) is a New Zealand photographer, designer, documentarist and drummer.

Education & early career

He graduated from Ilam School of Fine Arts (Christchurch) with a Diploma Fine Arts (Hons) in Photography in 1980. He has worked with artists on the Flying Nun label and many lesser known counterculture groups of his country.

Work

After travel to U.S.A. (May-Nov 1982) his screenprinting work took on a new vigour that brought him into contact with many lo-fi music groups. Apart from his photography and printing work, his main concern has been documentary film-making and his music group The Axemen. He has produced and directed over forty 16mm and digital music videos & shot several 16mm and digital short films and digital video documentaries, as well as 16mm and 35mm TVCs.

His work is held in collections of Museum of Modern Art N.Y.C., NZ National Art Gallery, Dowse Gallery, Manawatu Art Gallery, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Auckland Public Library, Auckland School of Architecture, and others.

Awards

In 2009 his SHUSTAK (movie) won “Best New Zealand Feature Documentary” award, and he was awarded “Best Emerging New Zealand Film-Maker” at 2009 Documentary Edge International Film Festival Awards. An 8–page photographic portfolio of NZ Rock’n Roll appeared in Landfall 219 (“On Music” issue edited by Bill Direen).

Sources

DocNZ International Film Festival Awards: http://www.docnz.org.nz/2009/