Hal Hartley

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-11-03 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York, USA

Hal Hartley

Biography

Hal Hartley (born November 3, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter and composer, who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his films Trust, Amateur and Henry Fool, which are notable for deadpan humour and offbeat characters quoting philosophical dialogue. His films provided a career launch for a number of actors, including Adrienne Shelly, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan, Parker Posey, Karen Sillas and Elina Löwensohn. Hartley frequently scores his own films using his pseudonym Ned Rifle, and his soundtracks regularly feature music by indie rock acts Yo La Tengo and P...

Production

1994

Amateur

as Writer

1994

Amateur

as Director

1998

1998

The Book of Life

as Director

2007

Fay Grim

as Writer

2007

Fay Grim

as Director

2005

2002

No Such Thing

as Director

2002

No Such Thing

as Writer

1990

Trust

as Director

1990

Trust

as Writer

1998

Henry Fool

as Director

1998

Henry Fool

as Writer

1990

1995

Flirt

as Writer

1995

Flirt

as Director

1992

Simple Men

as Director

1992

Simple Men

as Writer

2000

Kimono

as Music

1992

1992

Surviving Desire

as Director

2011

Meanwhile

as Writer

2011

Meanwhile

as Director

1991

1992

Ambition

as Director

1992

Ambition

as Screenplay

1994

Opera No. 1

as Director

2010

A/Muse

as Director

2010

Accomplice

as Director

2000

Kimono

as Director

2012

Current Events

as Director

-

Tour de France

as Director

2014

My America

as Director

2025

Where to Land

as Writer

2025

Where to Land

as Producer

2025

Where to Land

as Director

1997

The Other Also

as Director

2010

2010

Adventure

as Director

2010

The Apologies

as Director

2015

Ned Rifle

as Writer

2015

Ned Rifle

as Director

1993

Flirt

as Director

1986

Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson

as Art Department Production Assistant

2001

The New Math(s)

as Director

1994

Iris

as Editor

1994

Iris

as Director

2004

1994

Amateur

as Music

1994

Amateur

as Producer

2010

Conspiracy

as Director

1994

NYC 3/94

as Producer

1994

NYC 3/94

as Director

2004

1994

NYC 3/94

as Writer

2021

El Planeta

as Thanks

2004

1990

2004

2004

2000

Kimono

as Writer

2002

2003

Milk and Honey

as Original Music Composer

1990

Trust

as Producer

1992

1992

Surviving Desire

as Original Music Composer

2010

A/Muse

as Writer

2010

A/Muse

as Editor

1988

Dogs

as Writer

1988

Dogs

as Director

2014

My America

as Music

2014

My America

as Producer

1994

Opera No. 1

as Original Music Composer

1997

Eye of God

as Thanks

2007

Fay Grim

as Producer

2007

Fay Grim

as Music

2007

Fay Grim

as Editor

2014

La Commedia

as Director

1998

Henry Fool

as Music

2005

1998

Henry Fool

as Producer

1995

Flirt

as Music

2015

Ned Rifle

as Producer

2015

Ned Rifle

as Music

2002

No Such Thing

as Producer

2002

1984

Kid

as Producer

1984

Kid

as Editor

1984

Kid

as Director

1984

Kid

as Writer

1992

Simple Men

as Original Music Composer

1992

Simple Men

as Producer

2010

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