Alan Hicks
Birth Name:
Alan Hicks
Birth Place:
Wollongong, Australia
Profession
Director, Writer, Producer, Sound department, Editorial department, Music department, Camera department
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
Awards
- 2014Audience Award - Audience Favorite Documentary:Winner
- 2014Audience AwardNominated
- 2014Humanitas AwardNominated
- 2014Best Feature-Length Documentary - IDFA Melkweg Award for Best Music Documentary:Winner
- 2014People's Choice Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2014Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Music:Winner
- 2014John Schlesinger AwardWinner
- 2014Golden Space Needle Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2014Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2014Audience Award - Documentary:Winner
- 2014Jury Award - Best New Documentary Director:Winner
- 2015Black Reel - Outstanding Documentary:Nominated
- 2015Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeWinner
- 2015Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2019C.A.S. Award - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures - Documentary:Nominated
- 2019Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
- 2019Grammy - Best Music Film:Winner
- 2019Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film):Nominated