John Hillcoat

John Hillcoat

  • Born: 1961-0-0
  • Birthplace: Queensland, Australia
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  • Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer
  • Nationality: Australia
  • Graduate School: Swinburne Film School
  • Representative Works: Cherish possession, The Proposition, The Road, Lawless, Triple 9, Corazon
    • John Hillcoat (John Hillcoat), born on January 1, 1961 in Queensland, Australia, is an Australian director, screenwriter, and producer.
    In 1988, he directed his first film "The Ghost of Civilized Death", for which he won the University Student Award of the "First University of Rome" at the 45th Venice International Film Festival. In 1996, the suspense thriller film " Cherish Ownership " directed by him was released. In 2005, directed the crime movie " The Proposition " [1]  . In 2009, directed the thriller and adventure film " The Road " [2]  , which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 66th Venice International Film Festival [3]  . In 2012, directed the crime western film " Lawless " [4]  , which was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival [5]  . In 2015, directed the action crime movie " Triple 9 " [6]  . In 2017, he co-directed the science fiction thriller " Black Mirror Season 4 " with Toby Haynes and Jodie Foster [7] . In 2018, directed the short drama " Corazon ". 

    Performing Experience

    In 1988, he directed his first film "The Ghost of Civilized Death", for which he won the University Student Award of the "First University of Rome" at the 45th Venice International Film Festival. In 1996, the suspense thriller film " Cherish Ownership " directed by him was released. In 2005, directed the crime film " The Proposition " co-starring Ray Winstone and Guy Pearce . The film tells the story of the struggle between the police and the gang in Australia in 1880   .
    In 2009, directed the thriller adventure film " The Road " co-starring Viggo Mortensen , Kodi Smit and Charlize Theron , which was nominated for the main competition unit of the 66th Venice International Film Festival . In 2010, he served as the director of the animated short film "Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater".  
    In 2012, directed the crime western film " Lawless " co-starring Shia La Beouf and Tom Hardy , which was nominated for the main competition unit of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival . In 2015, directed the action crime movie " Triple 9 " co-starring Casey Affleck , Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor , and Anthony Mackie . The film tells the story of a robber and a corrupt policeman who join forces to kill a police officer to fight against the robbery .   
    In 2016, he co-directed the TV series " Quarry " with Greg Aitannis   ; in the same year, directed the short drama "Strong Attack: Trophy" starring Catherine Elise Blanchett . In 2017, he co-directed the science fiction thriller " Black Mirror Season 4 " with Toby Haynes and Jodie Foster . In 2018, directed the short drama " Crazon " co-starring Demián Bichir and Ana Celia de Armas Caso . 

    Character Evaluation

    John Hillcoat is good at dealing with crime-themed movies, especially the character's psychological state is very thorough and accurate   . Moreover, he has a certain grasp of the pessimistic theme. In the movie "Lawless", director John Hillcoat made an attempt to mainstream and popularize the film, and his efforts resulted in satisfactory results . 
    Before directing the movie "Triple 9", director John Hillcoat showed a terrible tendency, tending to leave blood on the screen, and the violent scenes in the film, despite being restricted by comparison, produced similar The disturbing impact of the Although Hillcott’s films are full of gloomy, rugged masculinity, but in this film, the macho is supplemented by some wonderful action scenes and fascinating storylines, which increase tension and at the same time. Brought some just right surprises . 
    Extended Reading

    The Proposition reviews

    • Rigoberto 2021-12-23 08:01:45

      Clean western movie

      Key agreement
      tags: Nick Cave Guy Pearce The west

      was originally directed at Guy Pearce. After watching it, I found that I hadn't seen such a clean movie for a long time. I have always loved Western movies~ The vast scenery, the sky is full of yellow Sha, in a desolate setting, the character's...

    • Shirley 2021-12-23 08:01:45

      plot

      Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, allegedly committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang.

      The film opens in a brothel during a violent gunfight between the police and Charlie Burns' (Guy...

    The Proposition short comments

    • Christop 2022-04-20 09:01:57

      The cast is actually pretty good, taking the road of the Wild West, but the film is too literary and I can't watch it

    • Wilfred 2022-03-23 09:02:21

      Is it love or violence, to convey this feeling, Hillcoat cuts from the big vision to the close-up, half-butcher, half-human imagery fills the foreground, part of the picture allows to imagine the worst possible, switching from the very good to the Very scary picture. The juxtaposition of various images ensures that the audience must be afraid when violence occurs.

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    • Jellon Lamb: What is an Irishman but a nigger turned inside out?

    • Samuel Stote: What's a misanthrope, Arthur?

      Two Bob: Some bugger who fuckin' hates every other bugger.

      Samuel Stote: Hey, I didn't ask you, you black bastard

      Arthur Burns: He's right Samuel. A misanthrope is one who hates humanity.

      Samuel Stote: Is that what we are, misanthropes?

      Arthur Burns: Good lord no. We're a family.

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