James Napier Robertson
New Zealand writer, actor, film director and producer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James William Napier Robertson[1] (born 24 March 1982) is a New Zealand writer, film director, actor and producer, who wrote and directed 2009 film I'm Not Harry Jenson, and 2014 film The Dark Horse, for which he won Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film at the 2014 New Zealand Film Awards, and which was declared by New Zealand critics "One of the greatest New Zealand films ever made".[2]
James Napier Robertson | |
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Born | James William Napier Robertson (1982-03-24) 24 March 1982 (age 42) Auckland, New Zealand |
Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, actor, producer |
Years active | 1995–present |
Height | 185.42 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
Children | 2 |
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Robertson also wrote and directed two episodes of the Logie Award winning crime drama Romper Stomper, and appeared earlier in his career as an actor in Shakespearean theater and several television productions including The Tribe and Being Eve, describing how his acting work "funded his early filmmaking".[3]