NZ industry in shock as director Adam Strange dies in shark attack off an Auckland beach
Many in the New Zealand advertising, TVC and Film production industries will be shocked and saddened to hear of the death of independent film and TVC director Adam Strange, who was killled in a shark attack off an Auckland beach today.
Strange was represented by Silverscreen from 1994 until forming his own company adamstrange.tv in 2007. He was well known to the Asian production industry, regularly shooting for agencies in the region.
According to a report by stuff.co.nz Strange had been swimming alone from Maori Bay to Muriwai Beach, several hundred metres from shore, about 1.30pm today. A 4-metre shark, believed to be a great white, attacked Strange.
In 2009, Aphrodite’s Farm, a short film written by Strange andfreelance creative Pete Force and directed by Strange, won a Crystal Bear at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. The film,produced by Anzak Tindell, premiered internationally in the Generation 14 plus youth section along with thirty other short films.
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adam – i think of your awesome energy, your sparked up smile, following you on a long skateboard (when they first came out) from the top of Symonds st to Quay st…you were going so fast and running lights (i was shitting myself)….infact now as i think of your smiling face, each memory of you was either laughing or doing something challenging…..i definitely miss you….a great man! x
Adam Strange survived by his beloved wife Meg and their little girl Indigo, found these two articles about them here http://dailyentertainmentnews.com/movies/meg-strange-is-tv-director-adam-strange-killed-by-shark-photos/ and also here http://fandaily.info/celebrities/t-v-director-adam-strange-killed-by-shark-in-news-zealand-survived-by-his-wife-meg-and-daughter/
Adam – You were a nice and sincere person, will be miss
That is tragic news. Very sad. Thoughts are with the family.