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John Hillcoat | |
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 Hillcoat at the 2009 Venice Film Festival | |
| Born | 14 August 1961 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, music video director |
John Hillcoat (born 14 August 1961) is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and music video director.
Hillcoat was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 14 August 1961, and grew up in North America and Europe. [1] He attended Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was enrolled in its Special Art Program. As a child, his paintings were featured in the Art Gallery of Hamilton. He was active with the McMaster University Film Board, most notably producing an animated short titled The Finger.
Back in Australia by the late 1970s, aged 18, Hillcoat studied film at the Swinburne University of Technology, in Melbourne. There, he became immersed in its post-punk scene, through which he met his now wife, the photographer Polly Borland, and began a lifelong creative collaboration with Nick Cave, editing the music video for his band The Birthday Party's song "Nick the Stripper" (1980). Hillcoat also got a job filming concerts at the famed Melbourne venue the Crystal Ballroom. [2]
Hillcoat has often worked with Nick Cave, the band Depeche Mode, and actor Guy Pearce. The Road , his adaptation of the novel by Cormac McCarthy, premiered at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival, and was released in the U.S. in November 2009. His 2012 film, Lawless , competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. [3] [4] Hillcoat's film, Triple 9 was released in 2016. [5] In 2017, he directed "Crocodile", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror . [6]
| Year | Film | Notes |
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| 1985 | The INXS: Swing and Other Stories | |
| 1988 | Ghosts... of the Civil Dead | Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Production Design |
| 1996 | To Have & to Hold | Australian Film Institute Nominee for Best Achievement in Sound Australian Film Institute Nominee for Best Achievement in Production Design |
| 2001 | Digital Hardcore Videos | Documentary |
| 2005 | The Proposition | Australian Film Institute Award for Best Cinematography Australian Film Institute Award for Best Costume Design Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score Australian Film Institute Award for Best Production Design |
| 2009 | The Road | |
| 2010 | Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater | Short machinima film to promote the video game Red Dead Redemption |
| 2012 | Lawless | |
| 2016 | Triple 9 | |
| 2018 | Corazón | Short film |
| 2021 | Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends | Documentary Co-directed with Jennifer Lebeau |
| Year | Show | Notes |
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| 2017 | Black Mirror | Episode: Crocodile |
| 2022 | George & Tammy | |
| 2023 | Special Ops: Lioness | Episodes 1, 2, 7 and 8 |
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
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| 1989 | Australian Film Institute | Best Original Screenplay | Ghosts... of the Civil Dead | Nominated |
| 1992 [7] | ARIA Music Awards | ARIA Award for Best Video | "Chocolate Cake" by Crowded House | Won |
| 1996 [7] | ARIA Music Awards | ARIA Award for Best Video | "Sit on My Hands" by Frente! (with Polly Borland) | Nominated |
| 1996 | Verona Love Screens Film Festival | Best Film | To Have & to Hold | Nominated |
| 2005 | Australian Film Institute | Best Director | The Proposition | Nominated |
| 2005 | Film Critics Circle of Australia | Best Director | The Proposition | Nominated |
| 2005 | Inside Film Awards | Best Feature Film | The Proposition | Won |
| 2005 | Inside Film Awards | Best Director | The Proposition | Nominated |
| 2009 | Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | The Road | Nominated |
| 2012 | Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'or | Lawless | Nominated |
| 2013 [7] | ARIA Music Awards | ARIA Award for Best Video | "Jubilee Street" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Nominated |
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