Arthur Hiller
Cunoscut Pentru
Directing
Born
November 22, 1923 (age 102)
Birth Place
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Died
August 17, 2016
Biografie
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Arthur Hiller, OC, was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as Love Story (1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars.
Hiller collaborated on a number of films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon. Among his other notable films were The Americanization of Emily (1964), Tobruk (1967), The Hospital (1971), The Out-of-Towners (1970), Plaza Suite (1971), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Silver Streak (1976), The In-Laws (1979) and Outrageous Fortune (1987).
Hiller served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997. He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2002. An annual film festival in Hiller's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater, Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts.
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Arthur Hiller, OC, was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as Love Story (1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars.
Hiller collaborated on a number of films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon. Among his other notable films were The Americanization of Emily (1964), Tobruk (1967), The Hospital (1971), The Out-of-Towners (1970), Plaza Suite (1971), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Silver Streak (1976), The In-Laws (1979) and Outrageous Fortune (1987).
Hiller served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997. He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2002. An annual film festival in Hiller's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater, Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts.
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Filmografie
Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood
2014 — Self
Lunch
2012 — Himself
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009 — Self
Pucked
2006 — director
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002 — Self (uncredited)
Speakeasy
2002 — Tobias Prappas
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000 — Evangelist
Land of the Free
1998 — Judge
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998 — Self - Hollywood Director
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998 — thanks
Merchants of Venus
1998 — Reverend Phillips
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998 — director