FILM DIRECTOR

Walter Hill

1942 - Today

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Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Hill has received more than 1,087,908 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Walter Hill is the 104th most popular film director (down from 98th in 2019), the 722nd most popular biography from United States (down from 654th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Film Director.

Walter Hill is most famous for his work in the 1970s and 1980s. He is most well known for his work on the films "The Warriors" and "48 Hours."

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  • 31

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  • 8.28

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  • 1.91

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Walter Hill ranks 104 out of 2,041. Before him are Michael Mann, Zhang Yimou, Sam Peckinpah, Ang Lee, Marcel Carné, and Jean-Pierre Melville. After him are Mel Brooks, Joris Ivens, John Carpenter, Robert Altman, David Fincher, and John Huston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Walter Hill ranks 50. Before him are John Irving, Margaret Court, Michael Crichton, Wen Jiabao, Wolfgang Schäuble, and Giancarlo Giannini. After him are George Vella, Věra Čáslavská, Leo Beenhakker, Manuel Castells, Arto Paasilinna, and Françoise Dorléac.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Hill ranks 722 out of 20,380. Before him are Montgomery Clift (1920), Edwin Booth (1833), Robert Nozick (1938), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Warren Beatty (1937), and Karl Malden (1912). After him are Buckminster Fuller (1895), Alexander Calder (1898), Danny Glover (1946), Mel Brooks (1926), John Lithgow (1945), and Donald Rumsfeld (1932).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Walter Hill ranks 24. Before him are Jim Jarmusch (1953), William Friedkin (1935), George Cukor (1899), Sidney Lumet (1924), Michael Mann (1943), and Sam Peckinpah (1925). After him are Mel Brooks (1926), John Carpenter (1948), Robert Altman (1925), David Fincher (1962), John Huston (1906), and Terrence Malick (1943).

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Filmography

The Warriors
Director
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
Feb 1o 19797.7 / 10
48 Hrs.
Director
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Dec 7o 19826.7 / 10
Red Heat
Director
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Jun 17o 19886.2 / 10