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Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby

Director · Born 1929-09-02 · Ogden, Utah, USA

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Biography

Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) 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 him an Oscar nomination for Best Editing, and In the Heat of the Night (1967), which earned him an 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), Bound for Glory (1976) and Being There (1979). Born William Hal Ashby in Ogden, Utah, he grew up in a Mormon household. His tumultuous childhood as part of a dysfunctional family included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide, and dropping out of high school. Ashby was married and divorced by the time he was 19. As Ashby was entering adult life, he moved from Utah to California where he soon became an assistant film editor. After being nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing in 1967 for The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Co…

Directed

  1. Harold and Maude (1971) — Director
  2. Being There (1979) — Director
  3. The Last Detail (1973) — Director
  4. Shampoo (1975) — Director
  5. Coming Home (1978) — Director
  6. 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) — Director
  7. Bound for Glory (1976) — Director
  8. The Landlord (1970) — Director
  9. The Slugger's Wife (1985) — Director
  10. Lookin' to Get Out (1982) — Director
  11. Let's Spend the Night Together (1982) — Director
  12. Neil Young: Solo Trans (1984) — Director
  13. Jake's Journey (1988) — Director
  14. Beverly Hills Buntz (1987) — Director
  15. Second-Hand Hearts (1981) — Director
  16. The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Interviews (2007) — Director
  17. The Rolling Stones: Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) (1981) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Harold and Maude (1971) — Bearded Man Watching Model Train (uncredited)
  2. Being There (1979) — Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)
  3. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  4. The Landlord (1970) — Groom in Opening Shot (uncredited)
  5. Hal (2019) — Self (archive footage)
  6. Lookin' to Get Out (1982) — Man Speaking on TV (uncredited)
  7. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
  8. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self