Edwin "Ted" Coubray (19 October 1900 – 10 December 1997) was a New Zealand projectionist, filmmaker and inventor. He was born in Eastern Bush, Southland,

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, and died in Homebush, Sydney. He retired to Australia in 1973 after Auckland Cinemas, for which he was working, closed the Tudor Cinema in

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. He directed and produced ''

Carbine's Heritage ''Carbine's Heritage'' is a 1927 New Zealand film created by Ted Coubray Edwin "Ted" Coubray (19 October 1900 – 10 December 1997) was a New Zealand projectionist, filmmaker and inventor. He was born in Eastern Bush, Southland, New Zea ...

'' (1927); and was involved as cameraman, photography or continuous printer in ''

The Birth of New Zealand ''The Birth of New Zealand'' is a 1922 New Zealand film which depicts key events in New Zealand history. Directed by Harrington Reynolds who also starred, other New Zealand pioneer filmmakers Ted Coubray and possibly Rudall Hayward were also in ...

'' (1922), ''Rewi's Last Stand'' (1925), '' The Adventures of Algy'' (1925), '' The Romance of Maoriland'' (1930), ''

Hei Tiki ''Hei Tiki'', also known as ''Primitive Passions'' and ''Hei Tiki: A Saga of the Maoris'', is a 1935 American mock documentary film made in New Zealand by the eccentric Alexander Markey and released (with sound added) in America. The film gained ...

'' (1935) (although he was fired by the eccentric producer

Alexander Markey Alexander Markey (1891–1958) was an American filmmaker and founder of Markey Films. He was born in Hungary and died in Switzerland. From 1928 to 1935 he was in New Zealand making films about the Māori people. In 1928 he was sent by Carle Lae ...

, who also sold his camera to his rivals, the Welsh brothers), and ''Rewi's Last Stand'' (1940). In 1929, he presented New Zealand's first newsreel under the title ''Coubraytone News.'' He built much of his own equipment, and his company was called ''New Zealand Radio Films.''

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