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Phillip Noyce
Director 76 years old

Phillip Noyce

Griffith, New South Wales, Australia

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

17 titles
Fast Charlie

Fast Charlie

Phillip Noyce 2023 1h 30m

When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.

Lakewood

Lakewood

Phillip Noyce 2021 1h 24m 5.0

A woman desperately races to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident.

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

Phillip Noyce 2019 1h 44m 6.0

The true-crime story leading to the first-ever conviction of an F.B.I. Agent for murder.

The Giver

The Giver

Phillip Noyce 2014 1h 37m 6.3

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

Salt

Salt

Phillip Noyce 2010 1h 40m 6.1

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire

Phillip Noyce 2006 1h 41m 6.0

The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world.

The Quiet American

The Quiet American

Phillip Noyce 2002 1h 41m 7.0

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Phillip Noyce 2002 1h 34m 7.5

In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.

The Bone Collector

The Bone Collector

Phillip Noyce 1999 1h 58m 6.7

Denzel Washington plays a quadriplegic homicide detective. He and his female partner track down a serial killer.

The Saint

The Saint

Phillip Noyce 1997 1h 56m 5.6

Ivan Tretiak, Russian Mafia boss who wants to create an oil crisis in Moscow and seize power as a result sends Simon Templar, great international criminal, to England to get a secret formula for cold fusion from U.S. scientist Emma Russell. Templar falls in love with Emma and they try to outwit Tretiak and his guerrillas, hiding from them in Moscow

Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

Phillip Noyce 1994 2h 21m 6.8

CIA analyst Jack Ryan investigates a murdered businessman tied to Colombian cartels, uncovering a widening crisis where political pressure, criminal power, and national security interests collide.

Sliver

Sliver

Phillip Noyce 1993 1h 47m 3.4

A women moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenants life ended mysteriously after falling from the balcony.

Patriot Games

Patriot Games

Phillip Noyce 1992 1h 57m 6.7

Jack Ryan is on vacation in England when he spoils an assassination attempt on an important member of the Royal Family. Ryan gets drawn back into the CIA when the same splinter faction of the IRA targets him and his family.

Dead Calm

Dead Calm

Phillip Noyce 1989 1h 36m 7.0

An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.

Blind Fury

Blind Fury

Phillip Noyce 1989 1h 26m 6.0

A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.

Newsfront

Newsfront

Phillip Noyce 1978 1h 50m

Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dramatically affected by the constantly changing times in which they live.

Backroads

Backroads

Phillip Noyce 1977 1h 1m

Two strangers – one white, one black – steal a car in western NSW and head for the coast. Jack is abrasive, cunning and disparaging about Aborigines. Gary doesn’t really care – he just wants to escape. En route, they pick up Gary’s Uncle Joe, a French hitchhiker and a young woman who’s running away.

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