Roger Tompkins
| Roger Tompkins | |
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| 💼 Occupation | Creative Travel Designer, Director/Producer |
| 📆 Years active | 1973-present |
| 🌐 Website | ourmaninnewzealand |
Roger Michael Tompkins is a travel creative, director, producer, father, dog owner and sometimes, fishing guide.[citation needed]
60-70’s New Zealand and Rock & Roll
Roger Michael Tompkins visited New Zealand in 1967 and spent the late sixties and early seventies travelling.[citation needed] He hitchhiked from New Zealand to England overland via Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Afghanistan, and Iran to Europe. He lived in Paris and London before returning to New Zealand.
- 1973 a stage manager at The Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival in New Zealand; Black Sabbath.
- 1973 Tour-managed Lindisfarne, Slade, Status Quo Lindisfarne, Charisma Records (Tony Stratton Smith) & WEA Records (Ron Kass).
- 1975 Worked with Tony Secunda, Steeleye Span ‘All Around My Hat’ top 5 in the UK charts.
Mid-seventies he entered the UK film industry. He worked mostly on television commercials with Bob Bierman, Len Fulford, Michael Seresin, Ross Crammer, and Tony Scott. 1978 Eric Idle's ‘The Rutles’ Produced by Lorne Michaels NBC’s Saturday Night Live. 1979/80 London & Los Angeles Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ as animation liaison/coordination with Roger Waters/Gerald Scarf
80's & beyond
In 1981, he set up Cranbrook Films[1] leading production company in Australia & New Zealand. As a director/producer Tompkins’ work is known for casting strong, real-life characters, subtle humour and atmospheric style. Clients: Apple, Pepsi, Shell, BP, Caltex, Mobil, IBM, Ford, Mitsubishi, GM, Land Rover, Telstra, Telecom, Tooheys, Lion Nathan, Kellogg’s, Pfizer. Director/Co-producer of the original 100% New Zealand’ global campaign "New Zealand"[2] And Australian Government’s Northern Territories Tourism campaign: “You'll never never know if you never never go.”
'Steinlager' ‘Stick to the script’ (Mel Smith/ Griff Rhys Jones).[3]
Speight’s Southern Man Campaign, ‘Good On Ya Mate’
Awards: Cannes, London (LAA), New York (NYAF) Axis, Award, Facts, ATV MADC. Work showcased in Shots.
1990: directed five episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theatre for Atlantic/HBO.[4]
The 19's
In 2006 to 2011 he became the Founding Partner in Off The Rails Otago Central Rail Trail, one of NZ’s first specialized bicycle touring companies, enabling adventurers to experience New Zealand's first and foremost cycle trail
2011-Current
2011 Our Man in New Zealand Founder-CEO. OMINZ is a highly respected bespoke travel design company that provides curated travel services to clients visiting New Zealand. Clients range from Hollywood hobos to Bombay billionaires and anyone in between.[5]
- DOP on Chorus "Gigatown" Supreme Award at the 2015 TVNZ Marketing Awards[6]
Director of a short film featuring Hollywood star Sam Neill, The Odyssey released in September 2017* The Odyssey (abridged)[7]
References
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