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Hal Ashby
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American film director and film editor (1929-1988)
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Hal Ashby was an American film director, film producer, film editor and actor, born on 2 September 1929 in Ogden. He began his career in 1956 and was married to Joan Marshall. Ashby followed a vegetarian lifestyle. He received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. He died of pancreatic cancer in Malibu on 27 December 1988.
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- 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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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ogden
- Place of death
- Malibu
- Spouse
- Joan Marshall
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- date of birth
- 1929-09-02
- date of death
- 1988-12-27
- lifestyle
- vegetarianism
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Hal Ashby
- writing language
- English language
- end of work period
- 1988-00-00
- name in native language
- Hal Ashby
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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