Scott Hicks Hold" who had a No.1 single in 1981 (& another top 5 hit in 1982). Hicks's late 1983 film clip for their third single "Shotdown (In Love)" was also showcased at the U.S. "Aussie" Music Festival in Los Angeles, alongside Mondo Rock and INXS videos. He is, however, best known as the screenwriter and director of "Shine", the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Geoffrey Rush won the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his portrayal as Helfgott, and the film was also nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Armin Mueller-Stahl), Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music,
Joseph E-Shine Mizrachi E-Shine started as a drummer at the age of five, and was already an experienced bassist and an electric guitarist at 15, when he routinely performed with various underground artists as a session musician. At 17, he was hired as a guitarist by Meir Banai. Joseph played on Banai’s album, "Sh'ma Koli" (Hebrew for "Hear My Voice") – winning him a Gold Record. Banai then decided to co-produce with E-Shine an entire tour of acoustic shows, which ran for two years. During that time, E-Shine also wrote and co-produced an album for "Funk’n’stein" band, in which he played bass and