Recent Work
In 2004, He made a documentary about centenarian, Olive Riley, released as All about Olive. Born in 1899, Olive Riley went back to her birthplace, Broken Hill, co- directing with Rubbo, this story of her life. Whilst Olive failed to make it to the Guinness book of records as the world's oldest director, Madame Jeanne Calment did claim the honour of the world's oldest actor for her role in Rubbo's Vincent and Me She was 114 at the time. In fact her role is a documentary cameo since Jeanne met Van Gogh as a girl.
A scene from Vincent and Me: Madame Jeanne Calment in Vincent and Me
After making All about Olive, Mike helped the very old lady become the world's oldest blogger, a title she held from 2006 to 2008, gaining fans around the world.
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