Roger Donaldson

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Roger Donaldson's son Chris has represented New Zealand at Olympic level in athletics in the 100 m and 200 m events.

(born 15 November 1945) is an Australian-born New Zealand film producer, director and writer who has made numerous successful movies. He was a co-founder of the New Zealand Film Commission.

Roger Donaldson's son Chris has represented New Zealand at Olympic level in athletics in the 100 m and 200 m events.

Roger Donaldson’s son Chris has represented New Zealand at Olympic level in athletics in the 100 m and 200 m events.

Roger Donaldson was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia and in 1965 emigrated to New Zealand to establish a small still photography business. He entered the film industry when he made the drama series Winners and Losers for New Zealand television, then directed and produced his first film Sleeping Dogs in 1977. As this was the first film to come out of New Zealand in nearly 15 years, he lobbied the New Zealand Government to found the New Zealand Film Commission in 1978. Donaldson’s first films were made in close collaboration with his friend and leading man, actor and musician Bruno Lawrence, with whom Donaldson worked extensively in the 1970s, but the partnership and their long friendship effectively ended after Smash Palace.

Roger Donaldson’s first American break was when he was invited to helm David Lean’s Mutiny on the Bounty adaptation after the esteemed director left the project, which was released as The Bounty and featured , and .

Roger Donaldson was nominated for a Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival for this film. Donaldson has been involved with many popular and successful movies, among them being the thriller No Way Out (starring Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman), (starring Bryan Brown and ), (starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton), Thirteen Days (starring Kevin Costner and Steven Culp) and Species. In 2003, he directed and in .

Roger Donaldson Filmography

2014 The November man
2011 Seeking Justice
2010 Lawyers
2008 The Bank Job
2005 The World’s Fastest Indian
2003 The Recruit
2000 Thirteen Days
1997 Dante’s Peak
1995 Species
1994 The Getaway
1992 White Sands
1990 Cadillac Man
1988 Cocktail
1987 No Way Out
1985 Marie
1984 The Bounty
1982 Smash Palace
1980 Nutcase
1977 Sleeping Dogs
1971 Burt Munro: Offerings to the God of Speed (TV documentary short)

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