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While at UCLA Film School during the 1980s, Hardwicke made an award-winning short, ''Puppy Does the Gumbo''. Hardwicke spent most of the 1990s as a production designer, designing such films as '' Tombstone '' (1993), '' Tank Girl '' (1995), '' 2 Days In The Valley '' (1996), and '' The Newton Boys '' (1998). Hardwicke designed '' Three Kings '' (1999), directed by David O. Russell and starring George Clooney , Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube ; and the following year she collaborated with director/screenwriter Cameron Crowe and actor/producer Tom Cruise on '' Vanilla Sky '' (2001). The later two films are notable for their original use of color-manipulation techniques to complement the narrative. Hardwicke's first foray into film direction was with the award-winning '' Thirteen '' (2003). Hardwicke and thirteen year-old Nikki Reed got together to write a movie that would reflect Reed's pre-teen experience. The script for the movie was done in only six days. Evan Rachel Wood was contracted to star in the movie alongside Reed. Hardwicke went on to direct '' Lords Of Dogtown '' (2005), a fictionalized account of skateboarding culture. The film is loosely based on the documentary '' Dogtown And Z-Boys '' by Stacy Peralta . In 2006 it was announced that Hardwicke would be directing the biblical film '' Nativity '' for New Line Cinema . EXTERNAL LINKS |