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Solo

Thirty-nine-year-old adventurer Andrew McAuley has a dangerous, monumental mission: Be the first person to kayak solo from Australia to New Zealand.

Premiere Date

September 15, 2008

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Jennifer Peedom

Producer/Director

Jennifer Peedom has had a diverse career ranging from commodities trading, publishing, to filmmaking. Now an in-house producer/director for Independent Australian production company, Essential Media & Entertainment, she directed and produced Miracle on Everest.

David Michod

Director

David Michôd wrote three shorts that screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008: I Love Sarah Jane, Spider, and Crossbow. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and Victorian College of the Arts School of Film & Television and was editor of Australia’s leading industry/filmmaker magazine, Inside Film.