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Phillip Noyce

Highest Rated: 100% Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible (2017)

Lowest Rated: 18% Sliver (1993)

Birthday: Apr 29, 1950

Birthplace: Griffith, New South Wales, Australia

Having established himself as an accomplished practitioner of the thriller genre in his native Australia, director Phillip Noyce came to Hollywood, where he became a director-for-hire on several studio films before returning home to helm two of his most acclaimed films. Noyce first made a name for himself in the Australian film industry with his period drama, "Newsfront" (1978), before moving to television to helm the critically hailed miniseries "The Dismissal" (1983). Later in the decade, he found international success with the taut thriller, "Dead Calm" (1989), which gained him entrée into Hollywood while helping introduce the world to Aussie actress Nicole Kidman. But once he began directing studio movies, Noyce's track record became hit-or-miss. After an inauspicious American debut with the improbable Rutger Hauer thriller "Blind Fury" (1989), he directed Harrison Ford as government agent Jack Ryan in the popular "Patriot Games" (1992). Noyce found himself in the doghouse after directing Sharon Stone in the rather ridiculous "Sliver" (1993), before rebounding nicely by reuniting with Ford for "Clear and Present Danger" (1994). Following "The Saint" (1997) and "The Bone Collector" (1998), Noyce had tired of Hollywood and returned to Australia to direct two of his best films, "Rabbit-Proof Fence" (2002) and "The Quiet American" (2002), both of which rejuvenated his creative juices and allowed him to confidently return to Hollywood later in the decade.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 100% Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
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88% 86% Rabbit-Proof Fence
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86% 72% The Quiet American
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84% 63% Dead Calm
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83% 83% Fast Charlie Watchlist 81% 74% Clear and Present Danger Watchlist
80% 57% Newsfront
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75% 71% Catch a Fire
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72% 72% Patriot Games Watchlist

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Fast Charlie 83% 83% 2023 Director The Desperate Hour 27% 15% 2021 Director Like the Wind 2021 Self Above Suspicion 26% 45% 2019 Director Show Me What You Got 2019 Executive Producer Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible 100% 100% 2017 Self The Giver 35% 55% 2014 Director Mary and Martha 56% 64% 2013 Director Salt 62% 59% 2010 Director Catch a Fire 75% 71% 2006 Director The Quiet American 86% 72% 2002 Director Rabbit-Proof Fence 88% 86% 2002 Director, Producer The Bone Collector 29% 63% 1999 Director The Saint 30% 63% 1997 Director The Saint 1997 Actor, Director Clear and Present Danger 81% 74% 1994 Director Sliver 18% 30% 1993 Director Patriot Games 72% 72% 1992 Director Dead Calm 84% 63% 1989 Director Blind Fury 53% 51% 1989 Director Echoes of Paradise 1987 Director Heatwave 38% 1982 Director Newsfront 80% 57% 1978 Director Backroads 1977 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Caravan Park 1973 Director, Producer
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