Phillip Noyce

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Nationality: Australian
Birthdate: 04/29/1950
Birthplace: Griffith, New South Wales, Australia

biography

Leading Australian filmmaker turned mainstream Hollywood director, Noyce began making short films and documentaries in the late 1960s and gained attention when he won the Australian Film Industry (AFI) award for best short film. He directed documentary short subjects for Film Australia while working on his first feature, "Backroads" (1977). Noyce became a prominent director in the Australian film industry when his feature "Newsfront" (1978), which he also co-wrote, garnered three AFI awards for Best Feature, Director, and Original Screenplay.

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Credits

(TV Show)
2006-2007
Director
2006
Co-Executive Producer
2006
Director
2006
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Executive Producer
2003
Director
2003
Executive Producer
2003
Director
2002
Producer
2002
Director
2002
Director
2001
screenplay
2001
Director
1999
Director
1997
Director
1989
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milestones

Year
Milestone
1967 
Made first short-film at age 17, "Better to Reign In Hell"
 
Worked at Film Australia, directing short documentaries
1975 
First feature credit, as assistant director, "The Golden Cage"
1976 
Credited as 2nd assistant director on the feature, "Let the Balloon Go"
1977 
Feature directorial debut, "Backroads" (also producer and screenwriter)
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