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Australian / NZ Directors

Directors from Australia and New Zealand, including Peter Jackson, Jane Campion, and Peter Weir.
Bruce Beresford
Rough Cut interview with the director of "Breaker Morant," "Driving Miss Daisy," and "Paradise Road."
Jane Campion
Profile of the director of "The Piano," "An Angel at My Table," and "Holy Smoke."
Niki Caro
Indiewire interview with the writer/director of "Whale Rider."
Peter Jackson
Before "The Lord of the Rings," Peter Jackson made low-budget splatter films like "Bad Taste" and "Brain Dead," the muppet farce "Meet the Feebles," and the quirky "Heavenly Creatures," starring Kate Winslet. See our list of his best films.
Baz Luhrmann
The BBC profiles the amazing career of Baz Luhrmann, the visionary director of such films as "Moulin Rouge, "Romeo and Juliet," and the upcoming "Alexander."
George Miller
Bio of the director of the "Mad Max" and "Babe" movies.
Phillip Noyce
Known for his Hollywood blockbusters ("Patriot Games," "The Saint") Phillip Noyce recently returned to the smaller film with an adaptation of the Graham Greene novel "The Quiet American" and the journey of three Aborigine girls across the desert in "Rabbit-Proof Fence."
Lee Tamahori
Interview with the New Zealand director of "Once Were Warriors"
Fred Schepisi
The BBC interviews Fred Schepisi ("Barbarose," "A Cry In The Dark") after the release of "Last Orders."
Peter Weir
There's not enough room here to list even his best-known movies. Learn about the career spanning from "Gallipoli" and "Witness" to "Dead Poets Society," "The Truman Show" and "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."

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