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OZPLOITATION MADNESS! 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 and 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. READ MORE