Michael Forlong

Career Overview

Michael Forlong has 36 screen credits in a career dating back to 1940. Signature works include Safari, High Rise Donkey, Hijack!. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

36

Birth Date

1912-03-20

Birth Place

Wanganui, New Zealand

Known For

• 

  Safari
• High Rise Donkey
• Hijack!
• Raising the Roof
• Packed in the Boot
• The Mysterious Campers

Frequent Collaborators

• Roy Kinnear (2 collaborations)
• Andrew Kerr (2 collaborations)
• Temuera Morrison (2 collaborations)
• Kate Forlong (2 collaborations)
• Vernon Hill (2 collaborations)
• Ian Mune (2 collaborations)
• Victor Mature (1 collaborations)
• Janet Leigh (1 collaborations)
• John Justin (1 collaborations)
• Roland Culver (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (2 credits)

  • After Ever After: Or Numbers on a Napkin

    Guy

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Look at Life: Saturday Special

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1969

• directing (21 credits)

  • High Rise Donkey

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Hijack!

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Raising the Roof

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Packed in the Boot

    director

    directing
    1972
  • The Mysterious Campers

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Escaped Convicts

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Escape and Capture

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Caught at Sea

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Terror in the Caves

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Jet Boat

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Rangi's Catch

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Lionheart

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Wake Up to Wool

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Plantage Tamarinde

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Stork Talk

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Over the Odds

    director

    directing
    1961
  • The Green Helmet

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Safari

    second unit director

    directing
    1956
  • Suicide Mission

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Aroha: A Story of the Māori People

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Journey for Three

    director

    directing
    1950

• writing (7 credits)

  • Rangi's Catch

    writer

    writing
    1972
  • Lionheart

    writer

    writing
    1968
  • Suicide Mission

    writer

    writing
    1954
  • Aroha: A Story of the Māori People

    writer

    writing
    1951
  • Journey for Three

    writer

    writing
    1950
  • Weekly Review No. 169 - New Zealand Soldiers and Polish Children

    writer

    writing
    1944
  • One Hundred Crowded Years: The Centennial Film

    writer

    writing
    1940

• production (3 credits)

  • Rangi's Catch

    producer

    production
    1972
  • Lionheart

    producer

    production
    1968
  • Dunkirk

    associate producer

    production
    1958

• editing (3 credits)

  • Aroha: A Story of the Māori People

    editor

    editing
    1951
  • Journey for Three

    editor

    editing
    1950
  • Weekly Review No. 169 - New Zealand Soldiers and Polish Children

    editor

    editing
    1944