Bio
In 1981 Hardie graduated from Film School in London with a B.A.(Hon's) Photographic Arts (Film). He entered the film industry the following year on Star Wars' "Return of the Jedi" as a production assistant and camera department trainee. While continuing to explore the possibilities within the industry by brief stints in the special FX make-up department ("Highlander") and the Art department ("Never Say Never Again", "Half Moon Street" and "Hammer Horror"), Hardie also pursued his cinematography passion, shooting a few small independent projects but eventually settled in the Art department. Hardie then made his debut as a Production Designer on Clive Barker's "Nightbreed" at Pinewood Studios, and has gone on to design many other Films including the British Academy Award winning "An Ungentlemanly Act", (partially shot on the Falkland Islands), "Hellraiser III", "Lord of Illusions" and two six part U.K. television series ("The Gift" and "South by Southeast"), and other American T.V. shows: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "My Own Worst Enemy", and the pilot for "Pure Genius". In addition to Film and Television longer format work Hardie has also done numerous T.V. commercials. Most recently Hardie has collaborated with Errol Morris on his many commercials and his Oscar winning Film "The Fog of War"; in addition, "S.O.P". (Standard Operating Procedure) another documentary feature focused on the Abu Ghraib Prison abuses and "TABLOID, A VERY SPECIAL LOVE STORY".
Hardie lives in Hollywood U.S.A.
Hardie lives in Hollywood U.S.A.