Selwyn Muru - associate producer

Selwyn Muru - associate producer

Selwyn Muru is an artist in many fields – painter, broadcaster, film maker, poet, singer, actor, composer and writer. He is a longstanding friend and business associate of Don Selwyn and He Taonga Films. He is also an adviser to Television New Zealand.

His tribal affiliations are Ngatikuri and Te Aupouri. He was born in Te Hapua.

His attitude to the arts is summed up in the statement: “For me, … art should cover the whole spectrum of human experience. It should reflect at one extreme the pain and anguish of people, and pursue every mood they feel right through to their capacity for fun and frivolity.”

His contribution to The Maori Merchant of Venice included appearing in the crucial scene as an artist in the process of painting while Shylock and Antonio argue the terms of their deal. All of the paintings in the gallery in that scene are by Selwyn Muru, most from his series focusing on the sacking and burning of the Parihaka community by the government in the 19th Century.

 

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