Phillip Noyce

Biography

Phillip Roger Noyce AO (born 29 April 1950) is an Australian film and television director. Since 1977, he has directed over 19 feature films in various genres, including historical drama (Newsfront, Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Quiet American); thrillers (Dead Calm, Sliver, The Bone Collector); and action films (Blind Fury, The Saint, Salt). He has also directed the Jack Ryan adaptations Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994), as well as the 2014 adaptation of Lois Lowry's The Giver. Noyce has worked with various actors, including Val Kilmer, Harrison Ford, Denzel Washington, Michael Caine, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, and Rutger Hauer, as well as three films featuring Thora Birch, spanning over 25 years. He has also directed, written and executive-produced television programmes in both Australia and North America, including The Cowra Breakout, Vietnam, Revenge, Roots, and Netflix's What/If. Noyce's work has won him several accolades, including AACTA Awards for Best Film, Best Director and a special Longford Lyell lifetime achievement award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phillip Noyce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Bone Collector

as Customer in Antique Bookshop (uncredited)

Critic

as Self

Gulpilil: One Red Blood

as Self

Tausend Augen

as Mann in der Fähre

Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence

as Himself - Director

Senses of Cinema

as Self

John Farrow: Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows

as Self

Rove

as Self

Renegades: Fragments from a Diary of Three Years' Experience 1970-1973

as Himself