Scott Hicks

Born in Uganda, Hicks spent his childhood in Kenya and Great Britain before his family settled in Australia during his teens. Though Hicks planned to major in English and drama in college, he was captivated by film studies instead. After graduating with honors, Hicks spent several years working on film crews for various Australian productions, including "Bruce Beresford"'s early heist movie "Money Movers" (1978), as well as creating his own short films. During the 1980s, Hicks made several low-budget Australian-fiction feature films, directing the teen road movie "Freedom" (1982), and writing and directing "Call Me Mr. Brown" (1986), as well as the youth-oriented "Sebastian and the Sparrow" (1988). Hicks found... Full Biography