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Taylor Hackford

American film director, and president of the Directors Guild of America

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  • Age
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    Born 1944
  • Known for
    The Devil's Advocate
    1997
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Updated 2026-06-12

Taylor Edwin Hackford is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Teenage Father (1979). Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, including An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), The Devil's Advocate (1997) and Ray (2004), the latter of which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture.

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  • Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
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