Rod Hardy

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Rod Hardy
Born1949 (age 7576)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Rod Hardy (born 1949) is an Australian film and television director. [1]

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Career

His interest in film began before the age of 12, when he shot several short films on his brother's 8 mm film camera. Hardy has over 350 hours of credits directing television drama in his native Australia.[ citation needed ]

Hardy directed the 1979 horror feature film Thirst starring Chantal Contouri, [2] which won Best Picture in its category at the 1980 Asia Pacific Film Festival.[ citation needed ]

Having worked as a producer and director on the TV series, E Street from 1989 to 1991, Hardy moved to Los Angeles in 1992. His first project as director was Lies and Lullabies a story of drug addicts, starring Susan Dey and Piper Laurie. He directed Buffalo Girls (1995), which received two Golden Globe, one Screen Actors Guild and 11 Emmy award nominations. [1]

Hardy has worked on shows such as The X-Files , Battlestar Galactica and Leverage . [1]

Filmography (as director)

Films and miniseries

TV series

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of television film directors. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. pp. 231–232. ISBN   9780810863781.
  2. Lapsley, John (4 November 1979). "B-grade vampire cult quenched". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 3 January 2025 via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg