Hal Ashby

Also known as William Hal Ashby

American film director and film editor (1929-1988)

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Un Siècle de cinéma
Hal Ashby

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Directing · Ogden, Utah, USA

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…

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Hal — Self (archive footage)2019
Lookin' to Get Out — Man Speaking on TV (uncredited)1982
Being There — Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)1979
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
Harold and Maude — Bearded Man Watching Model Train (uncredited)1971
The Landlord — Groom in Opening Shot (uncredited)1970
The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
The Oscars — Self1953

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Type: Group
Country: US

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Bayesian Data Analysis
· 2013 · cited 6,562x
Cellular Solids
· 1997 · cited 5,132x
Comparison of Mortality in All Patients on Dialysis, Patients on Dialysis Awaiting Transplantation, and Recipients of a First Cadaveric Transplant
· 1999 · cited 4,421x
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,394x
The deformation of plastically non-homogeneous materials
· 1970 · cited 3,693x

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Key facts

Born: William Hal Ashby , ( 1929-09-02 ) September 2, 1929, Ogden, Utah , U.S.
Died: December 27, 1988 (1988-12-27) (aged 59), Malibu, California , U.S.
Occupations: Film director editor
Years active: 1956–1988

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date of birth: 1929-09-02
date of death: 1988-12-27
start of work period: 1956-00-00
end of work period: 1988-00-00
name in native language: Hal Ashby

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William Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor. His work exemplified the countercultural attitude of the era. He directed wide-ranging films featuring iconic performances. He is associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols and Sidney Lumet.

Before his career as a director, Ashby edited films for Norman Jewison, notably The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), which earned Ashby an Oscar nomination for Best Editing, and In the Heat of the Night (1967), which earned him his only 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). Harold and Maude and Being There have been inducted into the National Film Registry.