Hal Ashby
Known for
Directing
Born
September 2, 1929
Birthplace
Ogden, Utah, USA
Died
December 27, 1988 (aged 59)
Biography
Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. Before his career as a director, Ashby edited films for Norman Jewison, notably The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Editing, and In the Heat of the Night (1967), which earned him an Oscar for the same category.
Ashby received a third Oscar nomination, this time for Best Director, for Coming Home (1978). Other films directed by Ashby include The Landlord (1970), Harold and Maude (1971), The Last Detail (1973), Shampoo (1975), Bound for Glory (1976) and Being There (1979).
Born Willi...
Best known work
In the Heat of the Night
1967
Harold and Maude
1971
Being There
1979
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
The Last Detail
1973
The Big Country
1958
The Children's Hour
1961
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
Shampoo
1975
Coming Home
1978Filmography
2019
Halas Self (archive footage)
2007
1988
Jake's JourneyDirector
1987
1986
8 Million Ways to DieDirector
1985
The Slugger's WifeDirector
1984
Neil Young: Solo TransDirector
1982
Let's Spend the Night TogetherDirector
1982
Lookin' to Get Outas Man Speaking on TV (uncredited), Director
1981
1981
Second-Hand HeartsDirector
1979
Being Thereas Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited), Director
1978
Coming HomeDirector
1976
Bound for GloryDirector
1976
The StrongerExecutive Producer
1975
ShampooDirector
1975
1973
The Last DetailDirector
1971
Harold and Maudeas Bearded Man Watching Model Train (uncredited), Director
1970
The Landlordas Groom in Opening Shot (uncredited), Director
1969
Gaily, GailyAssociate Producer
1968
The Thomas Crown AffairProducer, Editor
1967
In the Heat of the NightEditor, Producer's Assistant
1966
1965
The Cincinnati KidEditor