Anthony Hickox
Encyclopedia
Anthony Hickox is an English
film director
, actor
, film producer
and screenwriter
.
His works include Waxwork
and its sequel
, Waxwork II: Lost in Time
, Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
, "Prince Valiant", "Children of the Corn", "Warlock: Armageddon", "Payback", "Carnival of Souls", "Knife Edge"" and "Yellow" (2012).
and Academy Award winning editor Anne V. Coates
and brother of editor Emma E. Hickox and director James D.R. Hickox. He is also the great grandson of Lord J. Arthur Rank
who controlled the British film industry for many years.
After starting as a club premotor in london he came to LA in 1986 and became one of the most prolific horror writer/directors of the late 80's and 90's. His visual style often uses a dual-focus technique in which one person's face takes up most the screen in profile, with another person shown on the other half of the screen in the background.
He then started directing action movies after creating the television show "Extreme" for ABC/Universal (he is an extreme skier himself). This led to HBO hiring him to make their first action/horror Full Eclipse which spawned their Friday night action slot that lasted over 5 years and to which Hickox made several more contributions. At the same time continuing his deal at Universal where he shot pilots for " Two", "Martian Law", "Shoot Me!" and "New York Undercover".
After working with Natasha McElone and William Hurt
(Contaminated Man), he went on to direct Katherine Heigl and Steven Moyer in 'Prince Valiant', then Steven Seagal in Submerged and Eddie Griffin in Blast!, both were Blockbuster premiers and made over $15 million a piece on DVD. Recently he has completed the British horror movie Knife Edge and is staring the remake of Cat People. He is also working on a video game Invasion Earth! with his writing partner Pete Atkins, is in development on Galahad for Gale Anne Hurd and has written "Rhodesia" about Robert Mugabe's rise to power for Micheal Radford.
He is also on the board of directors of the film ditribution company 7arts pictures (NASDAQ) run by Peter Hoffman who was once chairman of Carolco (Trminator 2, Total Recall) and the production company Medient run by Indian film producer Manu Kumaran. In 2011 they financed Nick Cassavetes "Yellow" and Noel Clark's "Storage 24" for Universal. In Feb 2012 they start on Hickox's "Catwalk", a thriller set during New York fashion week.
He has recorded humorous commentaries for Sundown:The Vampire in Retreat, Storm Catcher
, Jill Rips
, and Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
, the last of which is available only on the Region 2 release.
He frequently makes cameos in his films and had a starring role in Stanley Sheff
's Lobster Man from Mars
(1989), Storm Catcher and Prince Valiant. His best known acting role was as Dr. Hickox in Return Of The Living Dead 3, where he is attacked and killed by a zombie then comes back to life as a zombie himself.
He is also known for dating many of his actresses including Charlize Theron, Naomi Campbell and Cameron Diaz. In April he had a son, Alexander Douglas, with Russian super model Kira Dikhtyar.
Pensacola: Wings of Gold" episode: Broken Wings (1998)
Bold text"Shoot Me!" (2003)
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
.
His works include Waxwork
Waxwork (1988 film)
Waxwork is a 1988 horror comedy film starring Zach Galligan and Deborah Foreman.-Plot:In a small suburban town a wax museum appears, seemingly overnight. The owner invites two college students, Sarah and China, to attend that night with four more guests of their choice...
and its sequel
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
, Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Waxwork II: Lost in Time is a 1992 horror/comedy film directed and written by Anthony Hickox.-Plot summary:The film opens with the final scenes of Waxwork. Then a reenactment of Mark and Sarah leaving the burning waxwork . They then part ways...
, Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat is a Western horror/comedy directed by Anthony Hickox, and written by John Burgess and Anthony Hickox. Filmed in and around Moab, Utah, in 1988, Sundown was Vestron Pictures' last film and it was never released to theaters. Its only public screenings were at film...
, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is a 1992 American horror film and third installment in the Hellraiser series, directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Terry Farrell, Doug Bradley, Paula Marshall and Kevin Bernhardt...
, "Prince Valiant", "Children of the Corn", "Warlock: Armageddon", "Payback", "Carnival of Souls", "Knife Edge"" and "Yellow" (2012).
Biography
Anthony "Tony" Hickox comes from a family of filmmakers. He is the eldest son of the director Douglas HickoxDouglas Hickox
Douglas Hickox was an English film director. Hickox was born in London, where he was educated at Emanuel School. Hickox worked extensively as an assistant director and second unit director throughout the 50's and early 60's, making his first major picture in 1970...
and Academy Award winning editor Anne V. Coates
Anne V. Coates
Anne Voase Coates is a British film editor with a more than 40-year long career in film editing. She is perhaps best known as the editor of director David Lean's epic film, Lawrence of Arabia in 1962...
and brother of editor Emma E. Hickox and director James D.R. Hickox. He is also the great grandson of Lord J. Arthur Rank
J. Arthur Rank
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank was a British industrialist and film producer, and founder of the Rank Organisation, now known as The Rank Group Plc.- Family business :...
who controlled the British film industry for many years.
After starting as a club premotor in london he came to LA in 1986 and became one of the most prolific horror writer/directors of the late 80's and 90's. His visual style often uses a dual-focus technique in which one person's face takes up most the screen in profile, with another person shown on the other half of the screen in the background.
He then started directing action movies after creating the television show "Extreme" for ABC/Universal (he is an extreme skier himself). This led to HBO hiring him to make their first action/horror Full Eclipse which spawned their Friday night action slot that lasted over 5 years and to which Hickox made several more contributions. At the same time continuing his deal at Universal where he shot pilots for " Two", "Martian Law", "Shoot Me!" and "New York Undercover".
After working with Natasha McElone and William Hurt
William Hurt
William McGill Hurt is an American stage and film actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School, and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut as a troubled scientist in the science-fiction feature Altered States , for which he received a Golden Globe nomination...
(Contaminated Man), he went on to direct Katherine Heigl and Steven Moyer in 'Prince Valiant', then Steven Seagal in Submerged and Eddie Griffin in Blast!, both were Blockbuster premiers and made over $15 million a piece on DVD. Recently he has completed the British horror movie Knife Edge and is staring the remake of Cat People. He is also working on a video game Invasion Earth! with his writing partner Pete Atkins, is in development on Galahad for Gale Anne Hurd and has written "Rhodesia" about Robert Mugabe's rise to power for Micheal Radford.
He is also on the board of directors of the film ditribution company 7arts pictures (NASDAQ) run by Peter Hoffman who was once chairman of Carolco (Trminator 2, Total Recall) and the production company Medient run by Indian film producer Manu Kumaran. In 2011 they financed Nick Cassavetes "Yellow" and Noel Clark's "Storage 24" for Universal. In Feb 2012 they start on Hickox's "Catwalk", a thriller set during New York fashion week.
He has recorded humorous commentaries for Sundown:The Vampire in Retreat, Storm Catcher
Storm Catcher
Storm Catcher is a 1999 thriller movie. It was directed by Anthony Hickox and stars Dolph Lundgren and Mystro Clark. It tells the story of a renegade general who plans to bomb Washington with a new jet called the Storm Catcher.-Plot:...
, Jill Rips
Jill Rips
Jill Rips is a film directed in 1999 by Anthony Hickox starring Dolph Lundgren, based on a 1987 novel by Scottish writer Frederic Lindsay. The film is also known as Jill the Ripper and Tied Up.-Plot:...
, and Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth is a 1992 American horror film and third installment in the Hellraiser series, directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Terry Farrell, Doug Bradley, Paula Marshall and Kevin Bernhardt...
, the last of which is available only on the Region 2 release.
He frequently makes cameos in his films and had a starring role in Stanley Sheff
Stanley Sheff
Stanley Sheff is a Hollywood born director and writer. He has worked in television, stage and screen. His collaboration with Orson Welles eventually led Sheff to direct the cult science fiction feature Lobster Man From Mars starring Tony Curtis, based on a title suggested by Welles. Feature films...
's Lobster Man from Mars
Lobster Man From Mars
Lobster Man From Mars is a 1989 comedy film directed by Stanley Sheff and starring Tony Curtis. The film is a spoof of B-movies of the 1950s. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 1989.-Plot:...
(1989), Storm Catcher and Prince Valiant. His best known acting role was as Dr. Hickox in Return Of The Living Dead 3, where he is attacked and killed by a zombie then comes back to life as a zombie himself.
He is also known for dating many of his actresses including Charlize Theron, Naomi Campbell and Cameron Diaz. In April he had a son, Alexander Douglas, with Russian super model Kira Dikhtyar.
Feature films
- WaxworkWaxwork (1988 film)Waxwork is a 1988 horror comedy film starring Zach Galligan and Deborah Foreman.-Plot:In a small suburban town a wax museum appears, seemingly overnight. The owner invites two college students, Sarah and China, to attend that night with four more guests of their choice...
(1988) - Sundown: The Vampire in RetreatSundown: The Vampire in RetreatSundown: The Vampire in Retreat is a Western horror/comedy directed by Anthony Hickox, and written by John Burgess and Anthony Hickox. Filmed in and around Moab, Utah, in 1988, Sundown was Vestron Pictures' last film and it was never released to theaters. Its only public screenings were at film...
(1989) - Waxwork II: Lost in TimeWaxwork II: Lost in TimeWaxwork II: Lost in Time is a 1992 horror/comedy film directed and written by Anthony Hickox.-Plot summary:The film opens with the final scenes of Waxwork. Then a reenactment of Mark and Sarah leaving the burning waxwork . They then part ways...
(1992) - Hellraiser III: Hell on EarthHellraiser III: Hell on EarthHellraiser III: Hell on Earth is a 1992 American horror film and third installment in the Hellraiser series, directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Terry Farrell, Doug Bradley, Paula Marshall and Kevin Bernhardt...
(1992) - Full EclipseFull EclipseFull Eclipse is a 1993 science fiction crime film directed by Anthony Hickox. Starring Mario Van Peebles and Bruce Payne, the story is set in Los Angeles where the police department has assembled a unique squad of officers who possess the ability to turn into werewolves. The tagline of the film...
(1993) - Warlock: The ArmageddonWarlock: The ArmageddonWarlock: The Armageddon, is a 1993 American horror film directed by Anthony Hickox, and produced by Peter Abrams. It is considered a sequel in-title-only to the 1989 film Warlock, and it stars Julian Sands returning in the title role....
(1993) - PaybackPayback (1995 film)Payback is a 1995 thriller film directed by Anthony Hickox and written by Sam Bernard. It stars C. Thomas Howell.-Plot:Oscar Bonsetter tells a dying prisoner that he will take revenge on the sadistic guard who killed him. In exchange, Oscar is told of a stash of money...
(1995) - Invasion of Privacy (1996)
- Prince ValiantPrince Valiant (1997 film)Prince Valiant is a 1997 independent sword and sorcery film directed by Anthony Hickox. It is based on the long running Prince Valiant comic strip of Hal Foster, some panels of which were used in the movie.-Plot:...
(1997) - Storm CatcherStorm CatcherStorm Catcher is a 1999 thriller movie. It was directed by Anthony Hickox and stars Dolph Lundgren and Mystro Clark. It tells the story of a renegade general who plans to bomb Washington with a new jet called the Storm Catcher.-Plot:...
(1999) - Jill RipsJill RipsJill Rips is a film directed in 1999 by Anthony Hickox starring Dolph Lundgren, based on a 1987 novel by Scottish writer Frederic Lindsay. The film is also known as Jill the Ripper and Tied Up.-Plot:...
(2000) - Contaminated Man (2000)
- Last Run (2001)
- Federal Protection (2002)
- Consequence (2003)
- Blast!Blast! (2004 film)Blast! was a 2004 straight-to-DVD action comedy film. The film was directed by Anthony Hickox and written by Steven E. de Souza, starring Eddie Griffin, Vinnie Jones, Breckin Meyer, and Vivica A...
(2004) - SubmergedSubmergedSubmerged is an action film, released in 2005. The film stars Steven Seagal, Christine Adams, William Hope, Gary Daniels, Alison King and Vinnie Jones. The film was directed by British director Anthony Hickox.- Plot :...
(2005) - Knife Edge (2008)
Television
- "New York UndercoverNew York UndercoverNew York Undercover is an American police drama that aired on the FOX television network from 1994 to 1998. The series starred Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's 4th Precinct who were assigned to...
" episode: Missing (1994) - "Extreme" (1995)
- "Two" (1995) -pilot episod"
Pensacola: Wings of Gold" episode: Broken Wings (1998)
- "Martian Law" (1998) -pilot episode
Bold text"Shoot Me!" (2003)