Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953) is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Hicks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia