John Hillcoat è nato il 14 agosto 1961. Luogo di nascita: Australia. È conosciuto come regista e produttore. È celebre per aver partecipato a La proposta (2005), The Road (2009) e Lawless (2012).
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Ned Kelly and His Gang was made in 1906, only three years after The
Great Train Robbery. It was banned by Victorian-era censors for its
'romantic' portrayal of bushrangers, who might otherwise have become
folk heroes and inspired class war. The western wasn't allowed to grow
into a real genre in Australian cinema, although colonial-period dramas
started re-surfacing in the '70s.
