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Hal Ashby. William Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) [ 1] was an American film director and editor. [ 2][ 3] His work exemplified the countercultural attitude of the era. He directed wide ranging films featuring iconic performances.
Hal (2018) 1 Video. 27 Photos. Hal Ashby was born the fourth and youngest child in a Mormon household, in Ogden, Utah, to Eileen Ireta (Hetzler) and James Thomas Ashby, on September 2, 1929. His father was a dairy farmer. After a rough childhood that included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide, his dropping out of high school ...
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- Ogden, Utah, USA
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- Malibu, California, USA
- BEING THERE (1979) Screenplay by Robert C. Jones (uncredited) and Jerzy Kosinski, based on Kosinski’s novel. Starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart.
- COMING HOME (1978) Screenplay by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones, story by Nancy Dowd. Starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty.
- THE LAST DETAIL (1973) Screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan. Starring Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, Carol Kane, Michael Moriarty, Nancy Allen, Gilda Radner.
- HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) Written by Colin Higgins. Starring Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Eric Christmas, George Wood, Ellen Geer, Judy Engles, Shari Summers.
Hal Ashby. Editor: In the Heat of the Night. Hal Ashby was born the fourth and youngest child in a Mormon household, in Ogden, Utah, to Eileen Ireta (Hetzler) and James Thomas Ashby, on September 2, 1929. His father was a dairy farmer. After a rough childhood that included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide, his dropping out of high school, getting married and divorced all before ...
- September 2, 1929
- December 27, 1988
Hal Ashby (born September 2, 1929, Ogden, Utah, U.S.—died December 27, 1988, Malibu, California) was an American filmmaker who was one of the preeminent directors of the 1970s. He was especially noted for such films as Harold and Maude (1971), Shampoo (1975), and Being There (1979).
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Sep 6, 2018 · The director Norman Jewison adopted Hal Ashby as a kind of mentee and became a father figure to the hardworking but nomadic Southwestern refugee. The Ashby we talk about now was a late-blooming ...
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Sep 7, 2018 · Three decades later, another editor-turned-director, Amy Scott, has made the first feature-length documentary about Ashby. Hal goes behind the great filmmaker’s enigmatic long-haired-hippie persona to create a complex portrait of an artist whose strident independence and lack of interest in commercial success fueled his ability to craft ...
