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

Life and career

Noyce was born in Griffith, New South Wales, attended Barker College, Sydney, and began making short films at the age of 18, starting with Better to Reign in Hell, using his friends as the cast. He joined the Australian Film & Television School in 1973, and released his first professional film in 1977.

After his debut feature, the medium-length Backroads (1977), Noyce achieved commercial and critical success with Newsfront (1978), which won Australian Film Institute (AFI) awards for Best Film, Director, and Screenplay.

Noyce worked on two miniseries for Australian television with fellow Australian filmmaker George Miller: The Dismissal (1983) and The Cowra Breakout (1984).

Miller also produced the film that brought Noyce his greatest acclaim in the United States — the thriller Dead Calm (1989) which turned Nicole Kidman into a star. 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. Noyce also achieved great acclaim in the United States for The Quiet American, a 2002 film which was nominated for one Academy Award: Best Actor for Michael Caine.

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

Filmography

• That's Showbiz (1973) (short)
• Castor and Pollux (1973) (short)
• God Only Knows Why, But it Works (1975) film docudrama about Dr Archie Kalokerinos and aboriginal healthcare
• Backroads (1977)
• Newsfront (1978)
• Heatwave (1982)
• The Dismissal (1983) (mini) TV Series
• The Cowra Breakout (1984) (mini) TV Series
• The Hitchhiker TV Series (episodes in 1985):
  • Episode "Nightshift"
  • Episode "The Martyr"
  • Episode "Man's Best Friend"
  • Episode "Man of Her Dreams"
  • Episode "The Curse"
• Echoes of Paradise (1987) (aka Shadows of the Peacock)
• Dead Calm (1989)
• Blind Fury (1989)
• Nightmare Cafe (1992) TV Series (pilot)
• Patriot Games (1992)
• Sliver (1993)
• Clear and Present Danger (1994)
• The Saint (1997)
• The Repair Shop (1998) (pilot - unreleased)
• The Bone Collector (1999)
• Long Walk Home (2002)
• Patriot Games: Up Close (2002) (TV) (uncredited)
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
• The Quiet American (2002)
• Tru Calling (2003) TV Series (episode 1.01 "Pilot")
• Welcome to São Paulo (2004) (segment "Marca Zero")
• Brotherhood (2006) TV Series
• Catch a Fire (2006)
• Salt (2010)

Further reading

• Maltin, Leonard. Phillip Noyce Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia, imdb.com. Retrieved 16 August 2005.
• Brian McFarlane, Geoff Mayer, Ina Bertrand (Ed.) (1999). The Oxford companion to Australian film. Melbourne, Australia ; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-553797-1.  
• Petzke, Ingo: Backroads To Hollywood - Phillip Noyce. Pan Macmillan (Sydney) 2004
• Petzke, Ingo. Great Directors - Phillip Noyce Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
• Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide By Yoram Allon, Hannah Patterson, Del Cullen. Entry on Phillip Noyce Look inside at Google Book search

External links

• Phillip Noyce at the Internet Movie Database

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