FILM DIRECTOR

Hal Ashby

1929 - 1988

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hal Ashby has received more than 1,104,412 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Hal Ashby is the 613th most popular film director (down from 489th in 2019), the 3,951st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,128th in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hal Ashby ranks 613 out of 2,041. Before him are Christian Petzold, Mamoru Hosoda, Yoji Yamada, Robert Enrico, Brad Bird, and Keisuke Kinoshita. After him are Jim Sheridan, Jean Rollin, Georges Franju, Andrew Birkin, Tran Anh Hung, and Richard C. Sarafian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Hal Ashby ranks 219. Before him are Kjell Askildsen, Péter Palotás, Sixten Jernberg, Horst Frank, Arnold Palmer, and Muhammad Rafiq Tarar. After him are Hugues Aufray, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Péter Szondi, Lee Shau-kee, Bob Hawke, and Ronald Golias. Among people deceased in 1988, Hal Ashby ranks 108. Before him are Aparicio Méndez, Tore Keller, Erich Fried, Rose Ausländer, Frank Zamboni, and Vasil Mzhavanadze. After him are Pál Titkos, Gaston Eyskens, Ulanhu, Pietro Arcari, Son House, and Shen Congwen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hal Ashby ranks 3,951 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Mentzer (1951), Bob Balaban (1945), Billy Sheehan (1953), Brad Bird (1957), David Boreanaz (1969), and Jay Cutler (1973). After him are Tom Ewell (1909), John W. McCormack (1891), Gary Burton (1943), Scott Carpenter (1925), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), and Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Hal Ashby ranks 147. Before him are Norman Taurog (1899), Jerome Robbins (1918), Robert Rodriguez (1968), Donald P. Bellisario (1935), Stuart Rosenberg (1927), and Brad Bird (1957). After him are Richard C. Sarafian (1930), Peter Hyams (1943), Natacha Rambova (1897), Robert Mulligan (1925), James Mangold (1963), and Larry Clark (1943).

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Filmography

Harold and Maude
Director
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
Dec 20th 19717.6 / 10
Being There
Director
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
Dec 19th 19797.6 / 10
The Last Detail
Director
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Dec 11th 19737.028 / 10