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 biopic of pianist David Helfgott. For this, Hicks was
nominated for two Academy Awards. Other movies he has directed include
the film adaptations of Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis and Nicholas
Sparks's The Lucky One.Hicks was born in Uganda, the son of a
housewife and a civil engineer. He 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 South Australia's capital, Adelaide. Though
British citizens, his father and grandfather were born in Burma and
the West Indies respectively, and spent their lives in far-flung
locales as civil engineers building railways, bridges and harbours.
His mother was born in Scotland.Hicks graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts from Flinders University in South Australia in 1975 and was
awarded an honorary doctorate in 1997.
and screenwriter. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of
Shine, the biopic of pianist David Helfgott. For this, Hicks was
nominated for two Academy Awards. Other movies he has directed include
the film adaptations of Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis and Nicholas
Sparks's The Lucky One.Hicks was born in Uganda, the son of a
housewife and a civil engineer. He 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 South Australia's capital, Adelaide. Though
British citizens, his father and grandfather were born in Burma and
the West Indies respectively, and spent their lives in far-flung
locales as civil engineers building railways, bridges and harbours.
His mother was born in Scotland.Hicks graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts from Flinders University in South Australia in 1975 and was
awarded an honorary doctorate in 1997.
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