Alan Hicks Biography

Fast Facts

• His documentary "Keep On Keepin' On" won the Heineken Audience Award at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival
• Won best new documentary director at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival
• Won the audience award at the 2014 Boulder International Film Festival for "Keep On Keepin' On․"
• Attended William Paterson University near New York City
• Was a student of jazz legend Clark Terry and traveled the world as a member of his musician ensemble in the mid-2000s, during which time he started filming his first feature
• Before he got into filmmaking, he was a drummer and a surfer
• First met jazz-legend Clark Terry when one of his college professors invited him to a jazz club and introduced the two
• Quote: "The way I got involved in film, it's one of those things that naturally accorded in my life․"
• Quote: "[on "Keep On Keepin' On"] "Getting to share Terry's story is a dream of mine․""
• Broke into the film industry by directing the feature "Keep On Keepin' On" about fellow musicians in a jazz ensemble