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Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953), known as Scott, is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of Shine, the biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks was nominated for two Academy Awards.
Scott Hicks. Director: Shine. Hicks was born in Uganda and lived in Kenya, just outside Nairobi, until the age of ten. His family then moved, first to England and, when he was 14, on to Adelaide, Australia.
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Scott Hicks. Director: Shine. Hicks was born in Uganda and lived in Kenya, just outside Nairobi, until the age of ten. His family then moved, first to England and, when he was 14, on to Adelaide, Australia.
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.
Aug 19, 2016 · For its 20th anniversary, Scott Hicks looks back on the “long, arduous” process that was developing and financing Shine and why it was worth every minute. For director and co-writer Scott Hicks, Shine was an exercise in persistence – and perhaps obsession.
Australian-Ugandan director and writer, born on March 4, 1953 in Uganda and lived in Kenya. He graduated from Flinders University, South Australia. He was nominated for an Oscar twice in 1997 for Shine (1996) for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay
Australian writer-producer-director Scott Hicks enjoyed a lengthy career alternating between smaller dramatic films, informative documentaries and mainstream Hollywood features.
