Brendan Donovan on Hopes and Dreams
Award-winning director Brendan Donovan cast Lee Majors in his debut short film. It was a success. Then after eight years working in New York, the Howick native returned to New Zealand, where he has directed and written for television and cinema both here and in Australia, most recently crafting feature film The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Donovan talks about:
- How he cast Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man) in his debut short film Here
- Details from the making of short film Grasp
- His initial reaction to scripts for The Insiders Guide to Happiness
- Details on how The Insiders Guide to Happiness footage was captured and techniques used to achieve visual effects
- Delightful insights into working with Australian actor Bryan Brown on the Aussie TV series Two Twisted
- Behind-the-scenes details of special effects used in tele-feature Aftershock
- How feature film The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell was created
This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.
