- Though Hicks continues to work in Hollywood, after earning 7 Oscar nominations for Shine (1996), Adelaide, South Australia remains Hicks' home. "I love being here (Los Angeles) for a purpose and while Adelaide is about as far away from the business as you can get, I can still make calls", he says.
- Has directed two actors in Oscar nominated performances: Geoffrey Rush and Armin Mueller-Stahl. Rush won for Shine (1996).
- Hicks' latest film, The Boys Are Back (2009), starring Clive Owen, is the first film directed in South Australia by Hicks since his Academy Award® winning feature Shine (1996).
- When Scott Hicks' Shine (1996) debuted at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, it spawned an all-out bidding war.
- Father of Jethro Heysen-Hicks and Scott Heysen.
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