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Roger Donaldson
Birth at
15 November 1945
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Director Roger Donaldson, born November 15, 1943 in Ballarat, Australia, is considered one of the most prominent figures in modern cinema in New Zealand. When he emigrated from Australia to New Zealand in 1965 to take up photography, the film life of the islands was hardly intense. Donaldson was busy with movies, but he only had to work on documentaries or advertising. In 1977, he finally scraped up enough money to make a real-life film, the political drama Sleeping Dogs. The film was the first
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Director Roger Donaldson, born November 15, 1943 in Ballarat, Australia, is considered one of the most prominent figures in modern cinema in New Zealand. When he emigrated from Australia to New Zealand in 1965 to take up photography, the film life of the islands was hardly intense. Donaldson was busy with movies, but he only had to work on documentaries or advertising. In 1977, he finally scraped up enough money to make a real-life film, the political drama Sleeping Dogs. The film was the first not only for him, but also for New Zealand in the last fifteen years. The painting was even shown in America. Until 1982, Donaldson did not film anything until he released his version of the Bounty mutiny. Unfortunately, the "star" in the cast of the film (Mel Gibson, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neeson and others) hopelessly failed at the box office. However, a similar fate befell the next attempts of Donaldson. It wasn’t until 1987 that Kevin Costner’s “No Way Out” hit.