Hal Ashby

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-09-02 (59 years old)

Deathday

1988-12-27

Place of Birth

Ogden, Utah, USA

Hal Ashby

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hal Ashby 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 Ashby an Oscar nomination for Best Editing, and In the Heat of the Night (1967), which earned him his only 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), Bo...

Acting

2019

Hal

as Self (archive footage)

1973

The Last Detail

as Bearded Man at Bar (uncredited)

1970

The Landlord

as Groom in Opening Shot (uncredited)

1971

Harold and Maude

as Bearded Man Watching Model Train (uncredited)

1979

Being There

as Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

Production

1971

Harold and Maude

as Director

1979

Being There

as Director

1965

1986

1975

Shampoo

as Director

1978

Coming Home

as Director

1964

The Best Man

as Editorial Consultant

1976

Bound for Glory

as Director

1973

The Last Detail

as Director

1970

The Landlord

as Director

1965

The Loved One

as Editor

1982

1981

1969

Gaily, Gaily

as Associate Producer

1984

1988

Jake's Journey

as Director

1976

The Stronger

as Executive Producer

1985

1958

The Big Country

as Assistant Editor

1961

The Children's Hour

as Assistant Editor

1967

In the Heat of the Night

as Producer's Assistant

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