Hal Ashby
American film director and film editor (1929-1988) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 59
William Hal Ashby was an American film director and editor. His work exemplified the countercultural attitude of the era. He directed wide-ranging films featuring iconic performances.
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Jake's JourneyFilm, 1988Director1987
Beverly Hills BuntzSeries, Director1986
8 Million Ways to DieFilm, Director1984
Neil Young: Solo TransFilm, Director1982
Let's Spend the Night TogetherFilm, Director1981
Second-Hand HeartsFilm, Director1979
Being ThereFilm, Director1978
Coming HomeFilm, Director1976
Bound for GloryFilm, Director1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries1973
The Last DetailFilm, Director1971
Harold and MaudeFilm, Director1970
The LandlordFilm, Director1968Academy Award for Best Film EditingAward
The Thomas Crown AffairFilm, 1968Producer1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1953
The OscarsSeries1929Born2 September 1929People around Hal
Randy Quaid Hal directed The Last Detail and Bound for Glory
David Clennon Hal directed Being There and Coming Home
Jon Voight Hal directed Coming Home and Lookin' to Get Out
Lee Grant Hal directed Shampoo and The Landlord
Beau Bridges Hal directed The Landlord (1975)
Jack Warden Hal directed Being There and Shampoo
Robert Towne Hal directed Shampoo (1975)
Bert Remsen Hal directed Lookin' to Get Out (1983)
Robert Ginty Hal directed Coming Home and Bound for Glory
Jerome Hellman Hal directed Being There (1979)
Luana Anders Hal directed The Last Detail and Shampoo- Harry Holcombe Hal directed Bound for Glory (1977)
Norman Jewison Produced The Landlord (1970)- Walter Mirisch Produced The Landlord (1970)
- Charles Tyner Hal produced Gaily, Gaily (1969)
Angelina Jolie Hal directed Lookin' to Get Out (1983)
Jack Nicholson Hal directed The Last Detail (1974)
Jane Fonda Hal directed Coming Home (1982)
Shirley MacLaine Hal directed Being There (1979)
Jeff Bridges Hal directed 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
Warren Beatty Produced Shampoo (1975)
Melina Mercouri Hal produced Gaily, Gaily (1969)
Louis Gossett Jr. Hal directed The Landlord (1975)
James Hong Hal directed Bound for Glory (1979)
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Being There 1979
Harold and Maude 1971
Coming Home 1978
The Last Detail 1973
Bound for Glory 1976
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Television 4
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He is associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols and Sidney Lumet.
