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Born on August 14, 1961, John Hillcoat is from Queensland, Australia. John Hillcoat is credited as a film director, screenwriter and writer. That works out to 65 years old in 2026.
My Take
What draws me to John Hillcoat is his roots in music. Before the bleak, beautifully composed feature films, he was cutting his teeth on videos for Siouxsie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and you can feel that rhythmic, atmospheric sensibility bleed into everything he shoots. Born in Queensland in 1961, he debuted with a grim prison drama, and that taste for hard, unsentimental landscapes never left him. I admire directors who chase mood over spectacle. Hillcoat strikes me as exactly that kind of craftsman, a patient visual storyteller who lets silence and texture do the heavy lifting.
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- Name (English)
- John Hillcoat
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョン・ヒルコート
- Reading
- じょん・ひるこーと
- Born
- August 14, 1961 (age 65)
- Origin
- Queensland, Australia
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / writer / director
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Ox
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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When was John Hillcoat born?
John Hillcoat was born on August 14, 1961 and is 65 years old.
Where is John Hillcoat from?
John Hillcoat is from Queensland, Australia.
What does John Hillcoat do?
John Hillcoat works as film director, screenwriter, writer, director.
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