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Taylor Hackford

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 12/31/1944 (79) | Santa Barbara, California (United States of America (USA))
Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Teenage Father (1979). Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, most notably An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and Ray (2004), the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Picture. ()
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Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944 in Santa Barbara, CA) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982), "The Devil's Advocate" (1997) and "Proof of Life" (2000), and for directing Jamie Foxx to an Academy Award for Best Actor in "Ray" (2004). Hackford served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 2009 to 2013.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Thriller

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Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her empl ...

Dolores Claiborne

FSK: 12+ years

1995 | 3.7/5 | 2h 12min
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Fole ...

An Officer and a Gentleman

FSK: 16+ years

1982 | 3.5/5 | 2h 4min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behi ...

Ray

FSK: 12+ years

2004 | 3.7/5 | 2h 32min
Drama, Music
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Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East ...

Bound by Honor

FSK: 16+ years

1993 | 4.0/5 | 3h
Crime, Action, Drama, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Taylor Hackford

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
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Movies with Taylor Hackford as Actor(8)

as himself2020 Melville, le dernier samouraï
as himself2018 Becoming Iconic
as himself2014 The Mystery of Dante
as himself2012 Casting By
as himself2007 Brando: An Icon Is Born
as himself2006 Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
2003 Bukowski: Born Into This
1989 First Works

Movies with Taylor Hackford as Crew(41)

Directing/Director2023 Sniff
Directing/Director2016 The Comedian
Production/Executive Producer2015 A Place to Stand
Directing/Director2013 Parker
Production/Producer2013 Parker
Directing/Director2010 Love Ranch
Production/Producer2010 Love Ranch
Directing/Director2004 Ray
Production/Producer2004 Ray
Writing/Story2004 Ray
Directing/Director2000 Proof of Life
Production/Producer2000 Proof of Life
Production/Producer1999 G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Directing/Director1997 The Devil's Advocate
Production/Executive Producer1997 The Devil's Advocate
Editing/Editor1996 When We Were Kings
Production/Producer1996 When We Were Kings
Directing/Director1995 Dolores Claiborne
Production/Producer1995 Dolores Claiborne
Directing/Director1993 Bound by Honor
Production/Producer1993 Bound by Honor
Production/Executive Producer1991 Sweet Talker
Production/Executive Producer1991 Queens Logic
Production/Executive Producer1991 Mortal Thoughts
Production/Executive Producer1991 Defenseless
Production/Executive Producer1990 The Long Walk Home
Production/Executive Producer1989 Rooftops
Directing/Director1988 Everybody's All-American
Production/Producer1988 Everybody's All-American
Production/Producer1987 La Bamba
Directing/Director1987 Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Directing/Director1985 White Nights
Production/Producer1985 White Nights
Directing/Director1984 Against All Odds
Production/Producer1984 Against All Odds
Directing/Director1982 An Officer and a Gentleman
Directing/Director1980 The Idolmaker
Directing/Director1978 Teenage Father
Production/Producer1978 Teenage Father
Writing/Writer1978 Teenage Father
Directing/Director1973 Bukowski

TV Shows/Series with Taylor Hackford as Crew(1)

Directing/Director2005 E-Ring

Full Name: Taylor Hackford
Born: Sunday, 12/31 1944 (December) in Santa Barbara, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 79 years + 109 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Southern California, Santa Barbara High School
Member of: Peace Corps
Spouses (current/former): Lynne Littman, Helen Mirren
Children: Rio Hackford
Taylor Hackford frequently works together with these people:
Nancy Klopper (10x, Crew)
Stuart Benjamin (8x, Crew)
Louis Nero (8x, Crew)
Curt Sobel (7x, Crew)
Dan Perri (7x, Crew)
Bruno Rubeo (5x, Crew)
Helen Mirren (4x, Actress)
Mark Warner (4x, Crew)
Leon Gast (4x, Crew)
Christopher Assells (3x, Crew)
Shay Cunliffe (3x, Crew)
David McKenna (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:12146, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024