In 2009, Grierson was invited to the
Avatar set during shooting by
James Cameron, and was selected to direct a 3D cave-diving drama
Sanctum, using the Cameron-developed
Fusion Camera System. The script is inspired by the near-death experience of one of the writers,
Andrew Wight, who was trapped in a cave collapse under the
Nullarbor Plain. It was shot at
Warner Roadshow Studios on the
Queensland Gold Coast, and the film opened 4 February 2011. By mid-March the film had joined the top ten Worldwide Box Office Results (Australian Films): All Time, in ninth position. The worldwide gross had reached $108,943,221 by 19 October 2011. He is the director of ''Parer's War'', starring
Matthew Le Nevez and
Adelaide Clemens, a dramatised biopic about
Damien Parer for the
ABC. Although set in Sydney (for the Australian locations), much of the filming was done in Queensland. The script, by
Alison Nisselle, is an adaptation of Neil McDonald's book
Damien Parer’s War. Released on 27 April 2014, the film attracted the following comments from
Graeme Blundell in
The Australian: "Parer's War is taut, intelligently constructed and sharply executed by Grierson,..." and "It’s all beautifully put together by Grierson..." Grierson directed the final three episodes of both series of the award-winning ABC serial
Nowhere Boys. He directed
Tiger, written by Michael Pugliese and Prem Singh.
Mickey Rourke plays Frank Donovan in the film, which is produced by
Mary Aloe, and co-stars Pugliese, Singh and
Janel Parrish. Tiger was released at the
San Diego International Film Festival on 13 October 2018 where it won Best Feature Film. ==References==