From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John Hillcoat born 1961 is an Australian screenwriter and film director Hillcoat was born in Queensland Australia and was raised in Hamilton Ontario Canada As a child his paintings were featured in the Art Gallery of Hamilton He has repeatedly worked with Nick Cave and also the band Depeche Mode His film The Road based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy premiered at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival and was released in the US in November 2009 Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hillcoat licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia