frederic alan schepisi (born 26 december 1939) is an australian movie director, producer and screenwriter. his credits include "the devil's playground" (1976), "the chant of jimmie blacksmith" (1978), "plenty" (1985), "roxanne" (1987), "evil angels" (1988), "the russia house" (1990), "mr. baseball" (1992), "six degrees of separation" (1993), "fierce creatures" (1997) and "last orders" (2001).