Roger Donaldson: Sleeping Dogs, Smash Palace, Hollywood, and more...

Roger Donaldson moved to New Zealand from Australia at age 19. Starting out as a stills photographer, he moved into film with a series of commercials for the Labour Party’s 1972 election campaign. Around the same time, he also heard of the Invercargill DIY motorcycle legend Burt Munro, and made the documentary Offerings to the God of Speed. Donaldson put himself in risky positions while filming adventure documentaries, including The Adventure World of Sir Edmund Hillary. With his friend Ian Mune, he creat