Julian Shaw (born 16 December 1985 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an author, filmmaker and actor, best known for directing the 2007 film Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, a British Film Institute award-winning documentary about the life of South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys. Shaw is the author of the novel Modern Odysseus, and the creator of several short films including Clearing the Air. He is the director of the 2011 feature documentary Cup of Dreams, about New Zealand’s national Rugby Union team the All Blacks. Shaw also gained worldwide fame in 2011 after starring in an Australian marriage equality advertisement entitled It's Time that has reached millions of people. International awards Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year Award, 2010 - Byron Bay International Film Festival and Sydney International Film School Inaugural Derek Oyston/Che Award - British Film Institute's London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 2009 Runner-Up: Panorama Audience Award, for Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story - Berlin International Film Festival, 2008 Independent Spirit Award - Inside Film Awards, 2007 Best Emerging Filmmaker Award - DOCNZ, 2007 Best Documentary for Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story - Documentary Edge Festival, 2007 Filmography Actor Stoner, San Andreas (film) 2015 "It's Time", GetUp! for Australia Ad, 2011 Christopher, Love Gone Wrong, Deadly Women Director Cup of Dreams, 2011 Clearing the Air, 2010 All Blacks Don't Cry, 2010 Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, 2007 Performer "Love Story", a 2011 viral video in support of marriage equality by GetUp! Australia, as Paul All Blacks Don't Cry, 2010, as John Kirwan Bibliography Modern Odysseus, 2009 - References External links New Zealand film directors Living people New Zealand male film actors 1985 births Male actors from Wellington City 21st-century New Zealand male actors