Scott Hicks

Scott Hicks graduated from Flinders University of South Australia (BA Hons.) in 1975 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1997. Born and raised in East Africa, Scott and his wife Kerry Heysen (Creative Consultant on SHINE, Associate Producer on SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS and Producer of HEARTS IN ATLANTIS) live in Adelaide, South Australia, as do their two sons.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2002
Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
"Still Frames from a Moving Picture Life"
1983
The Developed Image Gallery, Adelaide
"Private Worlds: Public Works"
1978
Consortium Gallery, Adelaide "Heroes"

FILMOGRAPHY

FEATURES:
2001
Hearts In Atlantis
1999
Snow Falling On Cedars
1996
Shine
1988
Sebastian and the Sparrow
1981
Freedom

DOCUMENTARIES:
1996
The Ultimate Athlete
1994
The Space Shuttle
1992
Submarines: Sharks of Steel
1989
The Great Wall of Iron

TELEVISION:
1991
Finders Keepers
1985
Call Me Mr Brown

Scott Hicks' film SHINE was an international box office sensation, grossing well over $100million AUS worldwide. The film was nominated for 7 Academy Awards in all of the major categories, including Best Film, with Geoffrey Rush winning the Best Actor Award. Scott was nominated personally both as Director and in the Best Original Screenplay category. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominated SHINE for 8 awards, winning Best Performance in a Leading Role for Geoffrey Rush and Best Sound. SHINE also received nine Australian Film Institute Awards in 1996 including Best Film and Best Director.

Other accolades for SHINE included the US National Board of Review of Motion Pictures' Best Film for 1996, five Golden Globe nominations (with Geoffrey Rush receiving the Best Actor Award), a nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement by the Directors Guild of America, as well as a Writer's Guild of America Awards nomination.

In 1994, Scott received an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for the four hour documentary series, which he also co-wrote, SUBMARINES: SHARKS OF STEEL. This broke the ratings record for The Discovery Channel set by his earlier work THE GREAT WALL OF IRON in 1989.

This extensive portrait of the People's Liberation Army of China in the months prior to Tianemen Square won the prestigious Peabody Award for Best Documentary Series Broadcast in the US. Following the success of these projects, Scott was commissioned for two additional two hour specials by The Discovery Channel: THE SPACE SHUTTLE in 1994 and THE ULTIMATE ATHLETE (as producer as well) in 1996.

Scott's feature film, SEBASTIAN AND THE SPARROW, which he also wrote and produced, was a winner in three International Film Festivals for children, including the 1990 Lucas Award in Frankfurt. Following a successful cinema and television release in Australia, the film was invited to numerous other international festivals.

Scott's first U.S. film, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS, (Universal Pictures) was produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall. It featured a powerful ensemble cast including Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh and Academy Award Nominees Max von Sydow, Sam Shepard and James Cromwell. Scott co-wrote the screenplay with Ron Bass, adapted from the best-selling novel by David Guterson. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Cinematography category.

His latest film, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS, (a Castle Rock/Village Roadshow production released through Warner Bros.) was produced by Kerry Heysen, starring Anthony Hopkins. Based on stories by Stephen King, the screenplay was written by Academy Award winner William Goldman. The cast also features David Morse, Hope Davis and Mika Boorem, with a break out performance by Anton Yelchin as young Bobby Garfield.