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Hal Ashby ( September 2, 1929 - December 27, 1988) was an American film director and Academy Award winner.Ashby grew up in a Mormon household and had a tumultuous childhood which included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide and dropping out of high school. In his late teens, Ashby married but soon after divorced.
As Ashby was entering adult life, he moved from Utah to California where he quickly became a film editor. His big break occurred in 1967 when he won the Academy Award for Film Editing for In the Heat of the Night.
At the urging of its director, Norman Jewison, Ashby directed his first film, The Landlord , in 1970. Over the next 16 years, Ashby directed several acclaimed and popular films, including the off-beat romance Harold and Maude and the social satire Being There with Peter Sellers.
Ashby died of cancer on December 27, 1988 in Malibu, CaliforniaMalibu is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 12,575. The City of Malibu is a beachfront community famous for its warm, sandy beaches and for being the home of countless movie stars a.
1 Filmography (as director)
- The Landlord ( 1970)
- Harold and Maude ( 19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua)
- The Last DetailThe Last Detail is a 1973 film which tells the story of two United States Navy shore patrol policemen who decide to take out a young sailor for one last night on the town before he goes to jail for eight years. It stars Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Q ( 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led)
- ShampooShampoo is a 1975 motion picture starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, and Lee Grant. 1975 films AFI 100 Laughs. ( 1975)
- Bound for Glory ( 1976)
- Coming Home ( 1978)
- Being There ( 1979)
- Second-Hand Hearts ( 1981)
- Lookin' to Get Out ( 1982)
- Let's Spend the Night Together (1982)
- The Slugger's Wife ( 1985)
- 8 Million Ways to Die ( 1986)
- Jake's Journey ( 1988) (TV)
2 External links
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