David Hannay

Known for Production

6/23/1939

Wellington, New Zealand

Biography

David Hannay (1939-2014) was a New Zealand-Australian film producer. He worked with Greater Union and was an independent producer from 1977. Hannay was married to fellow New Zealander Kathleen Bourke and they had one son before separating. Hannay then met Australian journalist Mary Moody and they had three children together.

Known For (4 credits)

6.9

Movie

Not Quite Hollywood

2008

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.

Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image

8.8

Movie

Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image

2006

A documentary exploring Bill Douglas' struggle from childhood poverty to acclaimed filmmaker of Comrades and the Trilogy.

4.0

Movie

Out of the Body

1988

An invisible force is killing women in Sydney and stealing their eyes.

4.4

Movie

The Shadowed Mind

1988

A patient at a private clinic for sufferers of sexual dysfunction begins a tentative affair with one of the other patients while a killer stalks the institution.