About
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...
Known for
The MentalistSeries • 2008
SupernaturalSeries • 2005
The X-FilesSeries • 1993
JAGSeries • 1995
The SullivansSeries • 1976
Burn NoticeSeries • 2007
Battlestar GalacticaSeries • 2004
The PracticeSeries • 1997
NeighboursSeries • 1985
E StreetSeries • 1989
The Flying DoctorsSeries • 1986
LeverageSeries • 2008
In Plain SightSeries • 2008
The Hunting PartySeries • 2025
The LibrariansSeries • 2014
DollhouseSeries • 2009
Saving GraceSeries • 2007
The AgencySeries • 2001
HackSeries • 2002
PowersSeries • 2015
Special Unit 2Series • 2001
Mission: ImpossibleSeries • 1988
Persons UnknownSeries • 2010
Robinson CrusoeMovie • 1997