A New Zealand film director and screenwriter, born in Wellington, New Zealand. She attended Kadimah College, Auckland, and graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1988. She wrote and directed Whale Rider (2002), which was critically praised, followed by her first Hollywood...Read more film, North Country (2005), starring Charlize Theron. In 2015, she directed the sports drama McFarland, USA. In 2017, she directed the war drama The Zookeeper's Wife.
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A New Zealand film director and screenwriter, born in Wellington, New Zealand. She attended Kadimah College, Auckland, and graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1988. She...Read more wrote and directed Whale Rider (2002), which was critically praised, followed by her first Hollywood film, North Country (2005), starring Charlize Theron. In 2015, she directed the sports drama McFarland, USA. In 2017, she directed the war drama The Zookeeper's Wife.