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Scott Hicks Biography (1953-)

Born March 4, 1953, in Australia; raised in eastern Africa; son of a civil engineer and a homemaker; married Kerry Heyson (a creative consultant); children: two sons. Career: Producer, director, and writer. Awards, Honors: Emmy Award, outstanding individual directorial achievement, 1993, for Submarines, Sharks of Steel: The Hidden Threat; Jury Award for best film, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival Award,best picture, Citroen Audience Award, Rotterdam International Film Festival,Directors' Week Award, Fantasporto, best director, Academy Award nominations, best director and best original screenplay (with Jan Sardi), Golden Globe Award nomination, best director of a motion picture, Writers Guild of America Screen Award nomination (with Jan Sardi), Writers Guild of America, best original screenplay written directly for the screen, and Directors' Week Award nomination, best film, Fantasporto, all 1996, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination (with Jane Scott), best film, 1997, and David Lean Award for Direction nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1997, all for Shine; George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award, for Discovery Channel documentaries. Addresses: Agent: Beth Swofford, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, Director, Writer

Birth Details

March 4, 1953

Australia

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Director and producer, Down the Wind, Chrysalis Films, 1975
• Assistant director, Dawn!, Aquataurus Film Corporation, 1978
• Assistant director, Money Movers, [Australia], 1978
• Production assistant, The Irishman, Australian Film Commission, 1978
• Assistant director, Final Cut, Wilgar Productions, 1980
• Assistant director, The Club (also known as Players), SouthAustralian Film Corporation, 1980
• Director, Freedom, [Australia], 1982
• Director, Call Me Mr. Brown, Kino Film, 1986
• Director and producer, Sebastian and the Sparrow, Kino Film, 1989
• Director, Shine, Fine Line Features, 1996
• Director, Arkansas, 1998
• Director, Snow Falling on Cedars, Universal, 1998
• Television Work
• Documentary Specials
• Director, Submarines, Sharks of Steel: The Hidden Threat, The Discovery Channel, 1993
• Director, The Space Shuttle, The Discovery Channel, 1994
• Producer and director, The Ultimate Athlete: Pushing the Limit, The Discovery Channel, 1996
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Inside the Academy Awards, TNT, 1997
• Television Work
• Director; Music Videos
• "Don't Change," INXS, [Australia], 1982
• "Spy of Love," INXS, [Australia], 1982
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Terry Jennings) Call Me Mr. Brown, Kino Film, 1986
• Sebastian and the Sparrow, Kino Film, 1989
• (With Jan Sardi) Shine, Fine Line Features, 1996
• Teleplays
• Specials
• The Space Shuttle, The Discovery Channel, 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• New York Times, November 20, 1996, pp. C17, C21.
• USA Today, March 24, 1997, p. 2D.*