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{{Infobox person
| name               = Anthony Hickox
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1959|1|30|df=y}}
| birth_place        = London, England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2023|10||1959|1|30|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Bucharest]], Romania
| nationality        = English
| occupation         = Film director, television director, film producer, screenwriter
| spouse             = Madalina Anea
| notable_works      = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Waxwork (film)|Waxwork]]''
* ''[[Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth]]''
* ''[[Prince Valiant (1997 film)|Prince Valiant]]''}}
}}

'''Anthony Hickox''' (30 January 1959 – October 2023) was an English film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://halloweenlove.com/interview-with-anthony-hickox-director-of-waxwork/|title=Interview with Anthony Hickox: Director of Waxwork|website=Halloween Love|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>

Hickox was best known for his work in the [[Horror film|horror genre]], with films like ''[[Waxwork (film)|Waxwork]]'' and its [[sequel]], ''[[Waxwork II: Lost in Time]]'', ''[[Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat]]'', ''[[Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth]]'', and ''[[Warlock: The Armageddon]]''. He directed a [[Prince Valiant (1997 film)|1997 film adaptation]] of the long-running ''[[Prince Valiant]]'' comic strip starring [[Stephen Moyer]] as the eponymous character.

==Early life and education==
Hickox was born on 30 January 1959 in [[Hampstead]], London to a family of filmmakers.<ref>[https://rozrywka.radiozet.pl/filmy/nie-zyje-anthony-hickox-rezyser-kultowych-filmow-grozy-zmarl-w-wieku-64-lat Nie żyje Anthony Hickox. Reżyser kultowych filmów grozy zmarł w wieku 64 lat]</ref> He was the eldest son of the director [[Douglas Hickox]] and [[Academy Award]]-winning editor [[Anne V. Coates]] and elder brother of editor [[Emma E. Hickox]] and James D.R. Hickox. He was also a great-nephew of [[J. Arthur Rank|J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank]], head of [[The Rank Organisation]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SQkCQAAQBAJ&q=anthony+hickox+j+arthur+rank&pg=PA101|title=The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy|last=Kane|first=Paul|date=23 May 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476600697}}</ref> 

Hickox was educated at [[Aiglon College]] in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Compton |title=Who's Really Who |date=1984 |publisher=Sphere |location=London |isbn=0722125399 |page=110}}</ref> 

==Career==
After starting as a club promoter in London, Hickox went to [[Los Angeles]] in 1986 and became a writer and director during the late 1980s. He then started directing action movies after a list of 1990s horror films including the [[Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth|third entry]] in the [[Hellraiser (franchise)|''Hellraiser'' series]]. This led to [[HBO]] hiring him to make its first action/horror, ''Full Eclipse'', which spawned the Friday night action slot that lasted over 5 years and to which Hickox made several more contributions. At the same time, he continued his deal at [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] where he shot pilots for Extreme, ''[[Two (TV series)|Two]]'', ''[[Martial Law (TV series)|Martial Law]]'' and ''[[New York Undercover]]''.

After working with [[Natascha McElhone]] and [[William Hurt]] on ''[[Contaminated Man]]'', he went on to direct [[Katherine Heigl]] and [[Stephen Moyer]] in a [[Prince Valiant|feature-length adaptation]] of the ''[[Prince Valiant]]'' comic strip. The film was described by one of its actors, [[Warwick Davis]], as "a disaster from start to finish" which was "premiered, panned and bombed". He blamed this on Hickox, who he said "seemed intent on partying all night long and giving roles to his friends."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Warwick |title=Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis |publisher=[[Aurum Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-84513-620-8 |location=London |page=211 |oclc=751744623}}</ref>

Hickox then directed [[Steven Seagal]] in [[Submerged (2005 film)|''Submerged'']], a critical and commercial failure, and [[Eddie Griffin]] in [[Blast (2004 film)|''Blast'']]. In 2008, he completed the British horror movie [[Knife Edge (film)|''Knife Edge'']]. In 2019, he completed ''Underdogs Rising'' with [[Chris Pang]] and ''Infamous 6'' which shot in Hong Kong, for PopLife Global owned by Ex Chatman of Disney China.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gillam |first=JD |date=11 October 2021 |title=Anthony Hickox {{!}} SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT |url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/anthony-hickox-sundown-vampire-retreat |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=[[Starburst (magazine)|Starburst]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Hickox was on the board of directors of the now-dissolved film distribution company [[Seven Arts Pictures]] run by Peter Hoffman, the ex-chairman of [[Carolco Pictures|Carolco]] and the production company [[Medient Studios]] run by Indian film producer Manu Kumaran.

Amongst one of his latter works was a [[Federico Fellini]] biopic, and ''Zombie Bride'', shot in Spain.<ref name=":0" />

==Personal life==
Hickox was married to Romanian actress Madalina Anea.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-10 |title=Shocked by the passing of one of my "best for fests" director Anthony Hickox died 64: RIP Tony |url=https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/shocked_by_the_passing_of_one_of_my_best_for_fests_director_anthony_hickox_died_64_rip_tony |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231013195022/https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/shocked_by_the_passing_of_one_of_my_best_for_fests_director_anthony_hickox_died_64_rip_tony |archive-date=2023-10-13 |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=filmfestivals.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Death==
Hickox died in [[Bucharest]], Romania in October 2023 at the age of 64.<ref>{{cite news |title=Buntownik z wizją i przekrzywioną muchą. Nie żyje reżyser hitów kina grozy |url=https://wyborcza.pl/7,101707,30274063,buntownik-z-wizja-i-przekrzywiona-mucha-nie-zyje-rezyser-kultowych.html |access-date=9 October 2023 |publisher=Wyborcza |date=9 October 2023}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Feature films===
*''[[Waxwork (1988 film)|Waxwork]]'' (1988)
*''[[Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat]]'' (1989)
*''[[Waxwork II: Lost in Time]]'' (1992)
*''[[Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth]]'' (1992)
*''[[Full Eclipse]]'' (1993)
*''[[Warlock: The Armageddon]]'' (1993)
*''[[Payback (1995 film)|Payback]]'' (1995)
*''[[Invasion of Privacy (film)|Invasion of Privacy]]'' (1996)
*''[[Prince Valiant (1997 film)|Prince Valiant]]'' (1997)
*''[[Storm Catcher]]'' (1999)
*''[[Jill Rips]]'' (2000)
*''[[Contaminated Man]]'' (2000)
*''[[Last Run]]'' (2001)
*''Federal Protection'' (2002)
*''Consequence'' (2003)
*''[[Blast (2004 film)|Blast]]'' (2004)
*''[[Submerged (2005 film)|Submerged]]'' (2005)
*''[[Knife Edge (film)|Knife Edge]]'' (2008)
*''Exodus to Shanghai'' (2015)
*''Underdogs Rising'' (2017)
*''Infamous 6'' (2019)

===Television===
*''[[New York Undercover]]''  episode 3: Missing (1994)
*''Extreme'' (1995) - pilot episode 
*''[[Two (TV series)|Two]]'' (1995) — pilot episode
*''[[Pensacola: Wings of Gold]]'' episode: Broken Wings (1998)
*''[[Martial Law (TV series)|Martial Law]]'' (1998) — pilot episode
*''Shoot Me!'' (2003) - pilot/series 

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0382776}}

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