Phillip Noyce: Backroads To Hollywood

Phillip Noyce is one of the world's most respected film directors, whose credits cover the film-making spectrum from Hollywood blockbusters to prize-winning films that show-case the art of the director. What sort of man can direct – with equal skill and enthusiasm – such different films as Dead Calm, Clear and Present Danger, The Bone Collector, Newsfront, Rabbit-Proof Fence and The Quiet American? This brilliantly researched biography explores the man and his films, using unequaled access to Phil himself, as well as many of the stars and colleagues who have worked with him.

It's a fascinating insight into Phil's life and career, from a young film student in Sydney working with a hand-held camera, to the director of Hollywood productions with a budget of $100 million plus. It's also an extraordinary examination of the art of film making, and the complexities of the world's most powerful medium. From Phil's perspective we see what it is like to work with actors such as Nicole Kidman, Harrison Ford, Sam Neill, Angelina Jolie, Denzel Washington, Sharon Stone and Michael Caine.

'Phillip Noyce – Backroads to Hollywood' is a compellingly readable inside view of the world of films, detailing the life and achievement of an Australian who has made a name for himself at the very height of his profession.