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Walter Hill
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Film & TV
Long Beach, California, USA
Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Hill is known for male-dominated action films and revival of the Western. He said in an interview, "Every film I've done has been a Western," and elaborated in another, "The Western is ultimately a stripped down moral universe that is, whatever the dramatic problems are, beyond the normal avenues of…
Known for
- Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern2026
- Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story — Self2021
- Friedkin Uncut — Self2018
- Baby Driver — Courtroom Interpreter (voice)2017
- Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable — Self2017
- Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited — Self2013
- Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' — Self2007
- The Warriors: Battleground — Self2007
- The Warriors: The Way Home — Self2007
- The Warriors: The Beginning — Self2007
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1942-01-10 ) January 10, 1942 (age 84) , Long Beach, California , U.S.
- Education
- Michigan State University ( BA )
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter film producer
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Spouse
- Hildy Gottlieb ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Hill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Long Beach
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Michigan State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Walter Hill 1137 (cropped).jpg
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- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- date of birth
- 1942-01-10
- Commons category
- Walter Hill
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films produced by Walter Hill
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
- birth name
- Walter Wesley Hill
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Encyclopedic overview
Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942) is an American filmmaker, known for his action films and revival of the Western genre. He has directed such films as The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs. and its sequel Another 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire and Red Heat, and wrote the screenplay for the crime drama The Getaway. He has also directed several episodes of television series such as Tales from the Crypt and Deadwood and produced films in the Alien franchise. He founded Brandywine Productions with David Giler and Gordon Carroll.
Hill said in an interview that "every film I've done has been a Western", and elaborated in another that "the Western is ultimately a stripped down moral universe that is, whatever the dramatic problems are, beyond the normal avenues of social control and social alleviation of the problem, and I like to do that even within contemporary stories".
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