Taylor Hackford
Born in Santa Barbara, California, U.S. — Dec 31 1944
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Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944 in Santa Barbara, CA) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982), "The Devil's Advocate" (1997) and "Proof of Life" (2000), and for directing Jamie Foxx to an Academy Award for Best Actor in "Ray" (2004). Hackford served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 2009 to 2013.
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Taylor Hackford's Credits
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Defenseless
Production
The Devil's Advocate
Directing
Ray
Directing
E-Ring
Directing
Bound by Honor
Directing
Parker
Directing
Dolores Claiborne
Production
La Bamba
Production
An Officer and a Gentleman
Directing
Against All Odds
Directing
Proof of Life
Directing
The Idolmaker
Directing
White Nights
Directing
Love Ranch
Directing
The Comedian
Directing
When We Were Kings
Production
Mortal Thoughts
Production
The Long Walk Home
Production
Casting By
Self
Good Men
Self
Rooftops
Production
Everybody's All-American
Directing
King on Screen
Self
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Sweet Talker
Production
Queens Logic
Production
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Production
Sniff
Directing
Dangerous Liaisons
Directing
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
Becoming Iconic
Self
The Mystery of Dante
Self
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Directing
Teenage Father
Directing
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
Self
First Works
Self
Bukowski
Directing
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Himself
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
Self
Melville, le dernier samouraï
Self
A Place to Stand
Production
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Self
Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination
The Reluctant Movie Star
Directing