Scott Hicks(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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.
