Rod Hardy (born in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television and film director.

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. Rod has over 350 hours of credits directing television drama in his native Australia. His first feature film, ''

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'', won Best Picture in its category at the 1980

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. Having honed his directing and producing skills in Australia, primarily on the TV series, '' E Street'' from 1989 to 1991 of which he was the co-executive producer, Hardy moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to launch his American career. His first assignment was to direct '' Lies and Lullabies'' the traumatic life story of pregnant cocaine addicts, starring

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. The movie was awarded the Scott Newman Award (founded by Paul Newman and

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'', '' Battlestar Galactica'' and ''

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''.

Filmography (as director)

Films and miniseries

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'' (1979) *'' Sara Dane'' (1982) *''

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'' (1990) *'' Rio Diablo'' (1993) *'' Between Love and Hate'' (1993) *'' Lies and Lullabies'' (1993) *'' The Only Way Out'' (1993) *'' My Name Is Kate'' (1994) *''

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'' (1994) *''

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'' (1995) *''

An Unfinished Affair ''An Unfinished Affair'' is a 1996 American television film directed by Rod Hardy and starring Jennie Garth, Tim Matheson, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Peter Facinelli. The film originally premiered on ABC and is now frequently aired on Lifetime.

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'' (1997) *''

Two For Texas ''Two for Texas'' is a 1998 American Western (genre), Western television film directed by Rod Hardy, written by Larry Brothers, and starring Kris Kristofferson, Scott Bairstow, Irene Bedard, Tom Skerritt, Peter Coyote, and Victor Rivers. It is b ...

'' (1998) *'' Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (1998) *'' High Noon'' (2000) *''

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December Boys ''December Boys'' is a 2007 Australian drama film directed by Rod Hardy and written by Marc Rosenberg and adapted from the 1963 novel of the same name by Michael Noonan. It was released on 14 September 2007 in the United Kingdom and the United ...

'' (2007) *''

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'' (2014) *'' Lucky Valentine'' (2014)

TV series

*'' E Street'' (co-executive producer) *''

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'' *'' Burn Notice'' *'' Battlestar Galactica (TV series)'' *'' JAG'' *''

'' * Powers (TV series) * The Librarians (TV series) *''

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'', including iconic episode The Wedding - Episode 523

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* Living people Film directors from Melbourne Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-film-director-stub

Career

Filmography (as director)

Films and miniseries

TV series

See also

References

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