FILM DIRECTOR

Scott Hicks

1953 - Today

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Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of Shine, the biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks was nominated for two Academy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Hicks has received more than 173,947 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Scott Hicks is the 1,500th most popular film director (down from 1,363rd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Scott Hicks ranks 1,500 out of 2,041. Before him are Alik Sakharov, Tom Shadyac, Don Coscarelli, Euzhan Palcy, Barrie M. Osborne, and Peter Schamoni. After him are Al Parker, Shirley Clarke, Johan Renck, Ward Kimball, Peter Glenville, and Noriyuki Abe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Scott Hicks ranks 510. Before him are Mehmed Uzun, Michelle Hurst, Yekta Uzunoglu, Bobby Rahal, Béla Várady, and Arta Dade. After him are Paul Biyoghé Mba, Carlos Gutierrez, Peter Horton, Viktor Kozin, Kay Lenz, and Ron Underwood.

Others Born in 1953

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Scott Hicks ranks 18 out of 55. Before him are Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929), Emmanuel Wamala (1926), Danny Faure (1962), Apolo Nsibambi (1940), Geoffrey Oryema (1953), and Ruhakana Rugunda (1947). After him are Paulo Muwanga (1924), Florence Kasumba (1976), Phill Lewis (1968), Shekhar Mehta (1945), Joshua Cheptegei (1996), and John Mugabi (1960).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Uganda

Among film directors born in Uganda, Scott Hicks ranks 1. 

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