Social activist inspires intrepid mission

Julian Shaw has never played the part of the wunderkind even though he has every right to. At 15, he was writing for the movie magazine FILMINK. At 16, he started filming his first documentary, Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story. At 21, he began work on his second film, Cup of Dreams, about the All-Blacks, to be released in time for the Rugby World Cup in 2011. At 23, he is picking up prizes at festivals in Berlin and London for Darling!. He has also acted in, written and directed All Blacks Don’t Cry, about the New Zealander John Kirwan’s battle with depression at the height of his rugby career. The half-hour drama has been sold to Australian and New Zealand TV. As if that weren’t enough,…

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