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"Follow the daredevil adventures of Anglo Australian film maker - and Ozploitation pioneer - Brian Trenchard-Smith through a 50 year career dedicated to giving his audience thrills, spills, laughs and gasps. ""The Man From Hong Kong"", ""Turkey Shoot,"" "" Dead End Drive In"", ""Siege Of Firebase Gloria"", ""Stunt Rock"", ""Leprechaun 3 & 4,"" and Nicole Kidman's first film ""BMX Bandits"" have earned his work a cult following. His TV output includes ""Silk Stalkings"","" Five Mile Creek"", ""Tarzan"", ""Flipper"", ""Chemistry"". The Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival in Brazil honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Quentin Tarantino dubbed him his "" favorite obscure director....great energy, great sense of humor."" Brian Trenchard-Smith's wry, insightful tales of the creative challenges of low budget movie making all over the world is both a personal journey and a portrait of his era."

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"""The hip lowdown from a cinematic wizard. Between ACTION and CUT, legendary filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith is world-class, three-ring magic; his insights into making movies a sorcerer's map of wit, grace and ingenuity."" Richard Christian Matheson, critically acclaimed screenwriter, producer and #1 bestselling author. ""Have just finished reading. What a trip. My new encyclopedia of Cinema... Phillip Noyce - Film Director"

The hip lowdown from a cinematic wizard. Between ACTION and CUT, legendary filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith is world-class, three-ring magic; his insights into making movies a sorcerer's map of wit, grace and ingenuity. Richard Christian Matheson, critically acclaimed screenwriter, producer and #1 bestselling author. Have just finished reading. What a trip. My new encyclopedia of Cinema... Phillip Noyce - Film Director

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