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Phillip Noyce

1950 - Today

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Phillip Roger Noyce (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 at various times with such actors as Val Kilmer, Harrison Ford, Denzel Washington, Michael Caine, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Rutger Hauer and three films with Thora Birch over 25 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Phillip Noyce is the 748th most popular film director (up from 854th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Australia (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Australian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Phillip Noyce ranks 748 out of 2,041. Before him are Tran Anh Hung, Ivan Passer, Elmar Klos, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Jack Arnold, and Peter Stein. After him are Clyde Geronimi, Chris Carter, Matthew Vaughn, Vojtěch Jasný, Norman McLaren, and Jean-Pierre Mocky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Phillip Noyce ranks 275. Before him are Roland Matthes, Iris Berben, Angry Grandpa, Peter Gould, Mitsuru Komaeda, and Pedro Juan Gutiérrez. After him are Thomas Gottschalk, Antonio Di Pietro, Jurica Jerković, David Brin, Graham Hancock, and Slava Polunin.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Phillip Noyce ranks 149 out of 1,143. Before him are Colin Burgess (1946), Bruce Beresford (1940), Raewyn Connell (1944), Natalie Imbruglia (1975), Travis Fimmel (1979), and Tim Schenken (1943). After him are Richard Roxburgh (1962), Tony Roche (1945), George Parker (1896), Alfred Deakin (1856), Camila (null), and Ken McGregor (1929).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Australia

Among film directors born in Australia, Phillip Noyce ranks 9. Before him are Roger Donaldson (1945), Baz Luhrmann (1962), John Farrow (1904), Christopher Doyle (1952), Russell Mulcahy (1953), and Bruce Beresford (1940). After him are John Seale (1942), Fred Schepisi (1939), John Pilger (1939), Gillian Armstrong (1950), Leigh Whannell (1977), and John Hillcoat (1961).

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