Scott Hicks
- January 5, 2024
- Director
Quick Facts
Scott Hicks Biography
| Name | Scott Hicks |
| Birthday | Mar 4 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Birth Country | Uganda |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Spouse | Kerry Heysen |
| Children(s) | Jethro Heysen-Hicks, Scott Heysen |
Scott Hicks is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on March 4, 1953 in Uganda. Oscar Award-nominated director of film Shine. Also, he directed Stephen King’s adaptation Hearts in Atlantis.
The film he directed in 1996 Shine was a huge success and earned His 1996 film Shine earned Geoffrey Rush an Academy Award for Best Actor. an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Hicks graduated from Flinders University in South Australia (BA Honours) in 1975 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1997. He graduated into an industry which was emerging from decades of inactivity, stimulated by renewed government support for the arts. South Australia was at the forefront of this Australian film revival, with established directors Peter Weir and Bruce Beresford, central figures in the Australian New Wave, coming to Adelaide to shoot their films. Hicks worked as a crew member on a dozen features over the next few years. At the same time, he was successful in bidding for contracts to write and direct short dramas and sponsored documentaries.
In his very early working years in the early 1980s, Hicks worked three times with INXS (and its members), firstly the movie Freedom filmed in and around Adelaide in 1981 and featuring the music of Cold Chisel’s Don Walker and the vocals of INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence. He then directed 3 pivotal film clips for INXS in 1982-83 for their new label (WEA Australia), “Spy Of Love”, “To Look At You” and “Don’t Change” (which went on to become their biggest hit single, at that time). Following this, Hicks made a (very expensive for its time) film clip utilizing 16mm film, not videotape, for popular South Australian band “Vertical Hold” who had a No.1 single in 1981 (& another top 5 hit in 1982). Hicks’s late 1983 film clip for their third single “Shotdown (In Love)” was also showcased at the U.S. “Aussie” Music Festival in Los Angeles, alongside Mondo Rock and INXS videos. During this period he also co-wrote and directed a telemovie, Call Me Mr. Brown.
His father was an engineer in civil engineering.
Scott Hicks Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Director |
| House | Living in own house. |
Scott Hicks is one of the richest Director from Uganda. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Scott Hicks 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a resident of Kenya up to the age of 10 then he went to England before moving to England and South Australia.
Three music video videos were directed by him for the group INXS: Spy Of Love To Look At You And Don’t Change. He also wrote and screenplay writer for Shine and his 1999 movie Snow Falling on Cedars.
Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. 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. Other movies he directed include the film adaptations of Stephen King’s Hearts in Atlantis and Nicholas Sparks’s The Lucky One.
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Who is Scott Hicks Dating?
According to our records, Scott Hicks married to Kerry Heysen. As of December 1, 2023, Scott Hicks’s is not dating anyone.
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After working on Hearts in Atlantis, Hicks decided to take time off and enjoy living at home. In that time, he fell into working on television commercials. Hicks also enjoyed success in the world of American television commercials (which he terms “multi-million dollar mini-movies”) – one of which was inducted into the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Facts & Trivia
Scott Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Uganda. Scott Hicks celebrates birthday on March 4 of every year.