Nook NotesPick a film
Phillip Noyce

Director

Phillip Noyce

Born April 29, 1950 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia41 films

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.

Read more

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.

Start here

The best way into Phillip Noyce's work
The Bone Collector posterFirst watchThe Bone Collector19996.8Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Salt poster6.4Salt2010The Giver poster6.6The Giver2014Patriot Games poster6.7Patriot Games1992Clear and Present Danger poster6.6Clear and Present Danger1994Dead Calm poster6.6Dead Calm1989The Saint poster6.1The Saint1997Rabbit-Proof Fence poster7.0Rabbit-Proof Fence2002Blind Fury poster6.5Blind Fury1989

Filmography

41 films as director
  1. TBAKiller 10Director
  2. TBACowboy BobDirector
  3. TBAAlive DayDirector
  4. TBAAlly ClarkDirector
  5. 2023Fast CharlieDirector
  6. 2022The Desperate HourDirector
  7. 2019Above SuspicionDirector
  8. 2018Gone Baby GoneDirector
  9. 2014The GiverDirector
  10. 2013Mary and MarthaDirector
  11. 2012AmericanaDirector
  12. 2010SaltDirector
  13. 2006Catch a FireDirector
  14. 2004Welcome to São PauloDirector
  15. 2002The Quiet AmericanDirector
  16. 2002Rabbit-Proof FenceDirector
  17. 1999The Bone CollectorDirector
  18. 1998The Repair ShopDirector
  19. 1997The SaintDirector
  20. 1994Clear and Present DangerDirector
  21. 1993SliverDirector
  22. 1992Patriot GamesDirector
  23. 1989Blind FuryDirector
  24. 1989Dead CalmDirector
  25. 1988Shadows of the PeacockDirector
  26. 1984The Cowra BreakoutDirector
  27. 1982HeatwaveDirector
  28. 1978NewsfrontDirector
  29. 1978Tapak Dewata - Path of the Gods: Java and BaliDirector
  30. 1977BackroadsDirector
  31. 1974Castor and PolluxDirector
  32. 1974Renegades: Fragments from a Diary of Three Years' Experience 1970-1973Director
  33. 1973Caravan ParkDirector
  34. 1973That's Showbiz!Director
  35. 1973Finks Make MoviesDirector
  36. 1971Good AfternoonDirector
  37. 1971SunDirector
  38. 1971MemoriesDirector
  39. 1971HomeDirector
  40. 1971IntersectionDirector
  41. 1969Better to Reign in HellDirector