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Roger Donaldson
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Roger Donaldson

Ballarat, Australia

Roger Donaldson (born 15 November 1945) is an Australian-born New Zealand film producer, director and writer. He is known for directing the films Cocktail, No Way Out, and Species. was a co-founder of the New Zealand Film Commission.

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

17 titles
McLaren

McLaren

Roger Donaldson 2017 1h 34m 7.0

The story of New Zealander, Bruce McLaren, who founded the McLaren Motor Racing team, showing the world that a man of humble beginnings could take on the elite of motor racing and win.

The November Man

The November Man

Roger Donaldson 2014 1h 48m 7.0

An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.

Seeking Justice

Seeking Justice

Roger Donaldson 2011 1h 45m 5.9

After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

The Bank Job

The Bank Job

Roger Donaldson 2008 1h 52m 7.3

Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal.

The World's Fastest Indian

The World's Fastest Indian

Roger Donaldson 2005 2h 7m 7.8

The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

The Recruit

The Recruit

Roger Donaldson 2003 1h 55m 6.4

A brilliant young CIA trainee is asked by his mentor to help find a mole in the Agency.

Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

Roger Donaldson 2000 2h 25m 6.9

Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, his staff and advisors.

Dante's Peak

Dante's Peak

Roger Donaldson 1997 1h 48m 5.7

An eminent volcanologist deeply mourning the loss of his wife in a volcanic eruption arrives at a small Pacific Northwest town to investigate the rumblings of the local dormant volcano.

Species

Species

Roger Donaldson 1995 1h 48m 6.0

In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.

The Getaway

The Getaway

Roger Donaldson 1994 1h 56m 5.7

An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.

White Sands

White Sands

Roger Donaldson 1992 1h 41m 4.8

A sheriff in a small southwestern town discovers a corpse in the desert with a suitcase containing $500,000. He assumes the dead man's identity and inadvertently becomes involved in an FBI investigation.

Cadillac Man

Cadillac Man

Roger Donaldson 1990 1h 37m 5.3

Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife. What more could go wrong ?.. a lot, enter a crazy jealous husband with a machine gun...

Cocktail

Cocktail

Roger Donaldson 1988 1h 44m 5.7

A talented New York bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.

No Way Out

No Way Out

Roger Donaldson 1987 1h 54m 6.3

A naval officer, put in charge of a murder investigation by a devious politician, must race to find evidence implicating the real murderer before a computer identifies him as the culprit.

The Bounty

The Bounty

Roger Donaldson 1984 2h 12m 5.3

An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.

Smash Palace

Smash Palace

Roger Donaldson 1981 1h 48m 6.5

After the breakup of his marriage, a racing driver sets out to get his daughter back--at any cost.

Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs

Roger Donaldson 1977 1h 47m 5.5

Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.

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