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ScreenTalk Legends - Robin Scholes

ScreenTalk Legends - Robin Scholes
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ScreenTalk Legends - Robin Scholes
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Robin Scholes argues that the job of a producer is to "never take 'no' for an answer". Scholes poured her energy into getting landmark film Once Were Warriors off the ground. Its global success made stars out of director Lee Tamahori and actors Temuera Morrison and Rena Owen. Scholes came to the screen industry via academia; she was one of the few female lecturers at Auckland University. Later she worked at Communicado with Neil Roberts, producing movies and a rolling list of hit shows. From ...

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