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Biography: O'Shea, John Dempsey

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Bibliography

John O’Shea papers. Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision.

O’Shea, J. ‘A charmed life: fragments of memory … and extracts from conversations’. In Film in Aotearoa New Zealand. Ed. J. Dennis and J. Bieringa. Wellington, 1996.

O’Shea, J. Don’t let it get you: memories – documents. Wellington, 1999.

Reid, J. Whatever it takes: Pacific Films and John O’Shea 1948–2000. Wellington, 2018.

Reynolds, J.S. ‘Going far? John O’Shea’s Runaway in the context of his attempt to establish a feature film industry in New Zealand.’ PhD thesis, Auckland, 2002.

How to cite this page

John Reid. 'O'Shea, John Dempsey', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/231219/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).