Rod Hardy

Biography

Rod Hardy (born in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television and film director. 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 Australia. His first feature film, Thirst, won Best Picture in its category at the 1980 Asia Pacific Film Festival. Having honed his directing and producing skills in Australia, Hardy moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to launch his American career. His first assignment was to direct Lies and Lullabies the traumatic life story of pregnant cocaine addicts, starring Susan Dey and Piper Laurie. The movie was awarded the Scott Newman Award (founded by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in memory of their son) that is presented annually to the production that best illustrates the degradation of and triumph over drug addiction. Since his award winning U.S. directorial debut, he has garnered both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for movies of the week and mini-series. Hardy is well known in U.S. television circles for shows such as The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica and Leverage. Description above from the Wikipedia …

Directed

1. Supernatural (2005) — Director
2. The Mentalist (2008) — Director
3. The X-Files (1993) — Director
4. Battlestar Galactica (2004) — Director
5. Burn Notice (2007) — Director
6. The Librarians (2014) — Director
7. Dollhouse (2009) — Director
8. Leverage (2008) — Director
9. JAG (1995) — Director
10. Robinson Crusoe (1997) — Director
11. Mission: Impossible (1988) — Director
12. December Boys (2007) — Director
13. Powers (2015) — Director
14. The Practice (1997) — Director
15. Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998) — Director
16. In Plain Sight (2008) — Director
17. Persons Unknown (2010) — Director
18. The Hunting Party (2025) — Director
19. Thirst (1979) — Director
20. Neighbours (1985) — Director
21. Saving Grace (2007) — Director
22. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) — Director
23. Special Unit 2 (2001) — Director
24. Buffalo Girls (1995) — Director
25. The Flying Doctors (1986) — Director
26. The Agency (2001) — Director
27. Mental (2009) — Director
28. An Unfinished Affair (1996) — Director
29. The Yearling (1994) — Director
30. Hack (2002) — Director
31. Rio Diablo (1993) — Director
32. The Sullivans (1976) — Director
33. High Noon (2000) — Director
34. Robbery Homicide Division (2002) — Director
35. E Street (1989) — Director
36. Two for Texas (1998) — Director
37. My Name Is Kate (1994) — Director
38. Between Love and Hate (1993) — Director
39. The Mountain (2004) — Director
40. Under Capricorn (1983) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Not Quite Hollywood (2008) — Self