Film Biography
Vincent Ward, NZOM is best known for directing Academy Award winning film, What Dreams May Come, starring Robin Williams.
His early features were the first New Zealand films to be accepted 'In Competition' at the Cannes Film Festival. These films - Vigil, The Navigator and Map of the Human Heart, garnered between them over 25 national and international awards.
During his time in Los Angeles, Vincent developed a range of projects including The Last Samurai, which he acted as an Executive Producer on and Alien III for which he received a story credit.
Returning to New Zealand after What Dreams May Come, he went on to make River Queen with Kiefer Sutherland and Samantha Morton, followed by Rain of the Children.
His latest project has been a feature film that was interrupted by the war in Ukraine.
More recently he has been developing a drama series in Europe, although he currently resides in New Zealand, where he also works as an artist and writer.
