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Roger Donaldson

Director, Writer

2018 Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)
For services to film 

2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Best Picture: The World's Fastest Indian
Best Director: for The World's Fastest Indian
Best Screenplay: for The World's Fastest Indian

2006 Australian Film Institute Awards
Nominated for International Excellence in filmmaking (given to an Australian working on a non-Australian project): The World's Fastest Indian

2005 San Sebastian International Film Festival (Spain)
Nominated for Golden Seashell (Best Film): The World's Fastest Indian

1995 Sitges Fantastic Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya)
Nominated for Best Film: Species

1984 Cannes Film Festival
Nominated for The Palme d’Or (the Grand Prize): The Bounty

1977 Tehran International Film Festival (Iran)
Best Film: Winners & Losers - After the Depression