High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pacific Film Unit was established in Wellington, New Zealand in 1948 by ex-National Film Unit staff Alun Falconer and Roger Mirams. At this time most films produced in New Zealand were documentaries made by the government’s National Film Unit. In 1950 John O`Shea joined; Alun Falconer left to pursue a career in China; and the company changed its name to Pacific Film Productions Ltd.