NEW ZEALAND AERIAL FILMING

New Zealand is globally recognised as a highly sought-after filming location. Filming in New Zealand provides not only the most spectacular scenery but world class support services.

Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters provides expert and professional aviation services dedicated to the worldwide film industry. For more than 25 years, Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters has proudly served the film production industry. When top industry professionals require an experienced aerial production team, they know to call us first.

Our Team

Film Manager and Pilot, Alfie Speight has had a varied career which has thus far encompassed every imaginable helicopter activity from air charter, medical evacuations, supply drops, avalanche control, fire-fighting, long line work and lifting work to four stints in Antarctica supporting Italian & American scientific research.

It is however aerial filming where Alfie's passion lies. With over 13,000 hours experience, having been the principle filming pilot for recent features such as The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Peter Pan, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe and King Kong, it is easy to see why he is so highly regarded in the aerial film industry.

Whether it is people, trains, planes, automobiles, marine vessels or wildlife, Alfie's reputation is unsurpassed as "the best in the business" when it comes to aerial film work & production filming.

CEO & Pilot, Pat West is among the finest and most experienced aerial coordinator in New Zealand. Fifteen years as a Queenstown aerial coordinator and 6000 hours of flight time speak for themselves. Having worked with every available camera system and with a wide array of cinematographers and film pilots, Pat has the insight and ability to make your aerial sequences a success. He was the main aerial coordinator in New Zealand on the movies Vertical Limit and 10,000 BC.

Equipment

At Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters we are familiar with using most types of aerial mounts including Continental, Libra, Super G, Spacecam, Wescam and Cineflex.

Recently Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters has been working with John Coyle’s local company Shotover Camera Systems to test their new state-of-the-art next generation gyro-stabilised camera.

Check out some behind the scenes footage using the Shotover heli gimbal from Tim Pierce - Zeros&Ones.

We also have a range of products suitable for transporting film equipment to remote locations:

• Cargo Nets x 11
• Bins x 2
• Cages x 2
• Pods x 4
• Fuel Tankers x 3

Services

We are your total solution for Aerial Cinematography Services:

• Air to air cinematography
• Aerial coordination
• Ground to air cinematography
• Location scouting in conjunction with Independent mountain guides and others
• Painting and mock up services
• Permit acquisitions
• Fuel support
• Mountain / Alpine safety
• Radio FM Communications systems

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