William Takaku
William Takaku | |
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| Born | Date: unknown Born: Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea |
| Died | 3 January 2011 Port Moresby |
| Occupation(s) | Storyteller, Actor, Screenwriter and Theatre director |
| Years active | from 1992 (screen) |
William Takaku (died 3 January 2011)[1] was a Papua New Guinean film, television and theatre actor. He was also a screenwriter and a former theatre director.
Career
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he travelled far from his birthplace on the island of Bougainville, as a storyteller and spokesperson for his people. They had recently expelled from the island copper mining operations which had been polluting the river they depended upon.[2] In June 1991, he was a guest speaker and storyteller at the International Gathering of Mother Earth's People, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
He was for a time director of the National Theatre Company in Papua New Guinea.[3]
He co-wrote, with Albert Toro, and directed the television miniseries Warriors in Transit (1992).[3] Takaku has also directed the Milne Bay Provincial Theatre Group.[3]
As an actor, he co-starred as Man Friday alongside Pierce Brosnan in the film Robinson Crusoe (1997)[4][5] and he appeared as Magnus in the television miniseries The Violent Earth (1998).
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Robinson Crusoe | Man Friday | |
| 1998 | The Violent Earth | Magnus | 3 episodes, (final appearance) |
References
- ^ Munjin, Margaret (7 February 2011). "Farewell Takaku, you were truly a legend". The National. Port Moresby. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Theroux, Paul (8 December 2006). The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific. ISBN 9780547525181.
- ^ a b c Thompson, Liz (18 October 2000). "Warriors in Transit: Theatre in Papua New Guinea". arTok – Pacific Arts Online ("an ABC Online-Radio Australia initiative"), hosted on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's website. Accessed 20 January 2010.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (2014). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin Books. p. 1632. ISBN 978-0698183612.
- ^ Rowan, Terry. "Pirates, Buccaneers & other Scallywags & Swashbucklers A Complete Film Guide". Lulu.com. p. 95. ISBN 978-1312146006.
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