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Scott Hicks(I)

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
A Marine travels to North Carolina after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.
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The Lucky One (2012)
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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. Hicks graduated from Flinders University of South Australia (BA Honors) in 1975 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1997. Hicks is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He lives with his wife and collaborator/producer Kerry Heysen in Adelaide, South Australia where they maintain their own Yacca Paddock Vineyard on the Fleurieu Peninsula. They have two sons, Scott Heysen and Jethro Heysen-Hicks. Also an accomplished photographer, Hicks has had three exhibitions of his work.
BornMarch 4, 1953
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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Scott Hicks and Zac Efron in The Lucky One (2012)
Scott Hicks in The Lucky One (2012)
Kerry Heysen and Scott Hicks in The Lucky One (2012)
Denise Di Novi and Scott Hicks in The Lucky One (2012)
Scott Hicks and Alar Kivilo in The Lucky One (2012)
John Gielgud, Scott Hicks, and Noah Taylor in Shine (1996)
Scott Hicks in No Reservations (2007)
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Scott Hicks in No Reservations (2007)
Anthony Hopkins and Scott Hicks in Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
Director Scott Hicks
Director Scott Hicks with Max von Sydow
Scott Hicks at an event for The Lucky One (2012)

Known for

Shine (1996)
Shine
7.6
  • Director
  • 1996
Sebastian and the Sparrow (1988)
Sebastian and the Sparrow
7.3
  • Director
  • 1988
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
Snow Falling on Cedars
6.7
  • Director
  • 1999
Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling in The Lucky One (2012)
The Lucky One
6.4
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2012

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Director

  • A Gentleman's War
    • Pre-production
  • Harrison Gilbertson, Addison Timlin, and Jeremy Irvine in Fallen (2016)
    Fallen
  • Highly Strung (2015)
    Highly Strung
  • Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling in The Lucky One (2012)
    The Lucky One
    • (directed by)
  • Clive Owen in The Boys Are Back (2009)
    The Boys Are Back
  • Shine: At Home with David Helfgott
  • Glass (2007)
    Glass
  • Aaron Eckhart and Catherine Zeta-Jones in No Reservations (2007)
    No Reservations
  • I'm Only Looking: The Best of INXS (2004)
    I'm Only Looking: The Best of INXS
    • (video Don't Change)
  • Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
    Hearts in Atlantis
  • Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
    Snow Falling on Cedars
  • The Ultimate Athlete: Pushing the Limit (1996)
    The Ultimate Athlete: Pushing the Limit
  • Shine (1996)
    Shine
  • The Space Shuttle (1994)
    The Space Shuttle
  • Submarines: Sharks of Steel (1993)
    Submarines: Sharks of Steel
  • Finders Keepers (1991)
    Finders Keepers

Writer

  • A Gentleman's War
    • Pre-production
  • Highly Strung (2015)
    Highly Strung
  • Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
    Snow Falling on Cedars
  • Shine (1996)
    Shine
  • The Space Shuttle (1994)
    The Space Shuttle
  • Submarines: Sharks of Steel (1993)
    Submarines: Sharks of Steel
  • Finders Keepers (1991)
    Finders Keepers
  • Call Me Mr. Brown (1990)
    Call Me Mr. Brown
  • The Great Wall of Iron
    • (1989)
  • Sebastian and the Sparrow (1988)
    Sebastian and the Sparrow
  • The Hall of Mirrors: A Festival
  • You Can't Always Tell
  • The Wanderer (1974)
    The Wanderer
  • Ten Minutes

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Death Games (1980)
    Death Games
  • Jack Thompson in The Club (1980)
    The Club
  • Harvest of Hate (1979)
    Harvest of Hate
  • Robert Coleby, Ivar Kants, and Judy Morris in The Plumber (1979)
    The Plumber
  • Dawn! (1979)
    Dawn!
  • Blue Fin (1978)
    Blue Fin
  • Money Movers (1978)
    Money Movers

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No. 1
Trailer 2:33
No. 1
Nicholas Sparks
Featurette 3:28
Nicholas Sparks

Personal details

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    • March 4, 1953
    • Uganda
    • Kerry Heysen1971 - present
  • Other works
    Music video: Directd "Spy of Love" for INXS (shot in Adlaide, Australia)

Did you know

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    Though Hicks continues to work in Hollywood, after earning 7 Oscar nominations for Shine (1996), Adelaide, South Australia remains Hicks' home. "I love being here (Los Angeles) for a purpose and while Adelaide is about as far away from the business as you can get, I can still make calls", he says.
  • Quotes
    Nothing is ever going to be the same again. Shine (1996) was a unique experience and very few people are ever lucky to feel that degree of universal acceptance. Very seldom can you say that films change people's lives. As far as the world was concerned, this film came out of nowhere, it really sort of barnstormed across the world. It projected me into a new arena and in the process made a star out of Geoffrey Rush, completely changed David Helfgott's life and Lynn Redgrave's career was kick-started again. There were a number of us involved in this film whose lives were never going to be the same again. It was unique, not in the sense of some sort of fluke, just that it was a dark horse.

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