Scott Hicks

Scott Hicks

1953-03-04 Uganda 20 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953) is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Hicks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process

The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process

2023

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Sparked by the impending 25th anniversary of the Academy award-winning film Shine, this documentary explores the power of the musical brain. Featuring...

My Name's Ben Folds – I Play Piano

My Name's Ben Folds – I Play Piano

2023

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A symphonic concert spectacle featuring rock maestro Ben Folds with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, combining the power of orchestral grandeur with t...

King on Screen

King on Screen

2023

as Self

6.9
Acting

1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than...

Fallen

Fallen

2016

Director

6.1
Directing

Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to who...

Highly Strung

2016

Director

5.8
Directing

"Highly Strung" A story of passion...of obsession...and possession A journey into a rarefied world of elusive tones evoked by horsehair on catgut, of ...

The Lucky One

The Lucky One

2012

Director

7.2
Directing

A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.

The Boys Are Back

The Boys Are Back

2009

Director

6.3
Directing

When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a pre...

Capturing Reality

Capturing Reality

2008

as Self

6.1
Acting

From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the worl...

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

2007

Director

6.4
Directing

Scott Hicks documents an eventful year in the career and personal life of distinguished Western classical composer Philip Glass as he interacts with a...

No Reservations

No Reservations

2007

Director

6.7
Directing

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she beco...

Hearts in Atlantis

Hearts in Atlantis

2001

Director

6.8
Directing

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

Snow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999

Screenplay, Director

6.1
Writing Directing

In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmael, a local reporter, the trial strikes a deep emot...

Shine

Shine

1996

Director, Story

7.4
Directing Writing

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Sebastian and the Sparrow

Sebastian and the Sparrow

1988

Director, Writer

7.5
Directing Writing

The story of the unlikely friendship between two teenage boys from vastly different cultural backgrounds. Sparrow is a working-class street kid and Se...

Call Me Mr. Brown

Call Me Mr. Brown

1985

Director

5.0
Directing

Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story of Peter Macari alias Mr. Brown. Under a grand extort...

Freedom

Freedom

1982

Director

5.2
Directing

Ron, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, but emotionally younger, has no visible, employable assets, yet rails at his status in life -- blamin...

Final Cut

Final Cut

1980

First Assistant Director

4.0
Directing

A glossy thriller about a show-business tycoon with a shady background, and a young documentary filmmaker and his girlfriend who are making a film abo...

Dawn!

Dawn!

1979

Third Assistant Director

9.5
Directing

Dawn! is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser.

Money Movers

Money Movers

1978

Third Assistant Director

6.2
Directing

A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.

Down the Wind

1975

Director

Directing

A young photographer Simon Jess (David Cameron) is given an assignment to shoot some backgrounds for a fashion display in the Snowy Mountains.