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,
Richard Rush (director) Richard Rush (director) Richard Rush (born April 15, 1929 in New York, New York) is an American film director, scriptwriter, and producer. He is best known for the Oscar-nominated "The Stunt Man". His other works, however, have been less celebrated. The next best-known of his films is "Color of Night" — the film won a Golden Raspberry Award as the worst film of 1994, but "Maxim" magazine also singled the film out as having the Best Sex Scene in film history. Rush also directed "Freebie and the Bean", an over-the-top police buddy comedy/drama starring Alan Arkin and James Caan. He