Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd, Director
Norman Lloyd grew up in a coal mining town on the east coast of Australia . He left home at the age of 14 and worked on a diary farm milking cows. Later, Lloyd moved to the Outback and worked as a kangaroo shooter. Eventually, he made enough money shooting kangaroos to buy his first camera, a Bolex 16mm (which he would later carry with him to Vietnam ). In June of 1965, Lloyd landed a job as a cameraman for a local TV station. After a few years of experience, he flew to Vietnam on a one way ticket to cover the war as a freelance cameraman. Lloyd covered the war for five years, filming combat in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos . He would later go on to work for CBS News and 60 Minutes. In 2004, Lloyd retired, ending a 40 year career marked by a number of awards and accolades, including 9 Emmy Awards. It was at this time that he began working on his first documentary feature.
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