Antony Hickling

Short Biography

Antony Hickling was born on November 8, 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor and director, known for Birth 3 - The Death of a Triptych (2010), L'Annonciation or The Conception of a Little Gay Boy (2011) and Little Gay Boy, chrisT is Dead (2012).Antony Hickling (born November 8, 1975) is an English Independent film maker, actor and writer.Early and personal lifeAntony Hickling was born in South Africa, Johannesburg. He grew up in the UK and trained as an actor at Manchester University (Arden School of Theatre). He went on to study for his master's degree then doctorate in Arts of the Stage at Paris 8 University France, under the direction of professor Claude Amey , his main focus on "Queer arts". After several years of study he left his doctorate unfinished in order to pursue a career in cinema. After training at CEFPF film school Paris he went on to direct films related to his research on Queer. His films have been screened in LGBTQ film festivals worldwide. Hickling's films are characterized by religious symbolism and explicit, sexual representations, often blending the boundaries between overesthetized surrealism and realism. His films Little Gay Boy, Where Horses Go To Die and Frig are of an autobiographical nature and Frig marks the end of what Hickling has called the first chapter. He continues to work as an actor specializing in voice over and has provided voices in advertising, video games, cartoons and animation movies.