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To a legion of fans around the world he's Fili, expert sword-fighting dwarf from the Hobbit trilogy.
But that's just one of the roles Kiwi actor Dean O'Gorman has stepped into over the years.
His latest is director, with a new film about to debut at this year's Show Me Shorts festival from October 10.
The short film is called 'Morning Hate', set in the trenches of World War One.
It's something Dean has explored previously through his photographic works that have featured as part of Peter Jackson's Great War Exhibition and the Frankfurt Biennale.
Dean was most recently on the big screen in The Convert with Guy Pearce, a film by Kiwi director Lee Tamahori.
He talks to Kathryn about how he's found the experience of directing, and why he feels so deeply about the subject matter.
