BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: Rod Hardy 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 A ustralia. His first feature film\, Thirst\, won Best Picture in its categ ory at the 1980 Asia Pacific Film Festival. Having honed his directing an d producing skills in Australia\, primarily on the TV series\, E Street f rom 1989 to 1991 of which he was the co-executive producer\, Hardy move d to Los Angeles in 1992 to launch his American career. His first assignm ent was to direct Lies and Lullabies the traumatic life story of pregnant cocaine addicts\, starring Susan Dey and Piper Laurie. The movie was awa rded the Scott Newman Award (founded by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward i n memory of their son) that is presented annually to the production that best illustrates the degradation of and triumph over drug addiction. Sinc e his award-winning U.S. directorial debut\, he has garnered both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for movies of the week and mini-series.[1] Har dy is well known in U.S. television circles for shows such as The X-Files \, Battlestar Galactica and Leverage. DTEND:20201110T090000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T202322Z DTSTART:20201110T080000Z SEQUENCE:1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Rod Hardy My Hollywood Experience UID:23485702-0081-4ce4-a770-ed60a57e5694-637405920000000000 X-ALT-DESC: