Phillip Noyce

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Phillip Noyce (born April 29, 1950) is an Australian film director.

Noyce was born in Griffith, New South Wales, and began making short film at the age of eighteen, starting with Better to Reign in Hell, using his friends as the cast. He joined the Australian National Film School in 1973, and released his first professional film in 1977.

After his debut feature, Backroads (1977), Noyce achieved commercial and critical success with Newsfront (1978), which won Australian awards for Best Film, Director, and Screenplay. Noyce worked on two miniseries for Australian television that were coproduced by fellow Australian George Miller. Miller also produced the film that brought Noyce his greatest acclaim in the United States — the thriller Dead Calm (1989). His greatest commercial success to date has been the Tom Clancy spy thriller Clear and Present Danger (1994) starring Harrison Ford.

Noyce achieved great acclaim in Australia for the "stolen generation" picture, Rabbit Proof Fence, which won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film in 2002.

He was married to film producer Jan Chapman from 1971-1977, and is presently married with one child to film producer Jan Sharp.

[edit] Filmography

• Catch a Fire (film) (2006)
• The Bielski Brothers(2006) (announced)
• American Pastoral (2005) (announced)
• Brotherhood (2006) TV Series
• Welcome to São Paulo (2004) (segment "Marca Zero")
• Tru Calling (2003) TV Series (episode 1.01 "Pilot")
• The Quiet American (2002)
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
• Patriot Games: Up Close (2002) (TV) (uncredited)
• The Bone Collector (1999)
• The Repair Shop (1998) (pilot - unreleased)
• The Saint (1997)
• Clear and Present Danger (1994)
• Sliver (1993)
• Patriot Games (1992)
• Nightmare Cafe (1992) TV Series (pilot)
• Blind Fury (1989)
• Dead Calm (1989)
• Echoes of Paradise (1987)(aka Shadows of the Peacock)
• The Hitchhiker TV Series (episodes in 1985):
• * Episode "The Curse"
• * Episode "Man of Her Dreams"
• * Episode "Man's Best Friend"
• * Episode "The Martyr"
• * Episode "Nightshift"
• The Cowra Breakout (1984) (mini) TV Series
• The Dismissal (1983) (mini) TV Series
• Heatwave (1982)
• Newsfront (1978)
• Backroads (1977)
• "Castor and Pollux" (1973)(short)
• "That's Showbiz" (1973)(short)

[edit] References

• IMDB Filmography for Phillip Noyce, imdb.com. Retrieved 16 August 2005.
• Maltin, Leonard. Phillip Noyce Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia, imdb.com. Retrieved 16 August 2005.
• Petzke, Ingo: Backroads To Hollywood - Phillip Noyce. Pan Macmillan (Sydney) 2004