James Robertson
James Robertson
Filmmaker who wrote, directed and starred in the film The Dark Horse, which became a huge hit in his native New Zealand in 2014. His directorial debut, I'm Not Harry Jenson, was nominated for Best Picture at the 2009 AFTA Awards.
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth24 March 1982
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The subpoena served on Mr. Hubbell was the quintessential fishing expedition, ... The independent counsel freely admits that he was not investigating tax-related charges when he issued it.
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South Africa's trade with China is growing at an annual compound rate of 26% compared with the compound annual decline of 26% in trade between South Africa and the US and the 4% drop between South Africa and the UK.
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The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a break. She had a strong sense that a better, more exciting, more rewarding life than that which had been the lot of her parents and grandparents was hers by right. In this she was guilty of nothing more serious than the arrogance of youth, from which every generation suffers and by which it distinguishes itself from the preceding one.