Rod Hardy

Rod Hardy (born 1949) is an Australian film and television director.¹

His interest in film began before the age of 12, when he shot several short films on his brother's 8 mm film camera. Hardy has over 350 hours of credits directing television drama in his native Australia.

Hardy directed the 1979 horror feature film Thirst starring Chantal Contouri,² which won Best Picture in its category at the 1980 Asia Pacific Film Festival.

Having worked as a producer and director on the TV series, E Street from 1989 to 1991, Hardy moved to Los Angeles in 1992. His first project as director was Lies and Lullabies a story of drug addicts, starring Susan Dey and Piper Laurie. He directed Buffalo Girls (1995), which received two Golden Globe, one Screen Actors Guild and 11 Emmy award nominations.¹

Hardy has worked on shows such as The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica and Leverage.¹

• Thirst (1979)
• Sara Dane (1982)
• Under Capricorn (1983)
• Eureka Stockade (1984)
• Shadows of the Heart (1990)
• Rio Diablo (1993)
• Between Love and Hate (1993)
• Lies and Lullabies (1993)
• The Only Way Out (1993)
• My Name Is Kate (1994)
• The Yearling (1994)
• Buffalo Girls (1995)
• An Unfinished Affair (1996)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
• Robinson Crusoe (1997)
• Two For Texas (1998)
• Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998)
• High Noon (2000)
• Route 52 (2002)
• December Boys (2007)
• Silent Night (2014)
• Lucky Valentine (2014)

• E Street (co-executive producer)
• The Mentalist
• Leverage
• Mental
• Saving Grace
• Dollhouse
• Burn Notice
• Battlestar Galactica
• JAG
• The X-Files
• Powers
• The Librarians
• Prisoner
• Neighbours, including the iconic wedding episode