Person
Taylor Hackford
Directing · Born 1944-12-31 · Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Biography
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.
Known for
The Devil's Advocate
Director
Kulturplatz
Self
E-Ring
Director
La Bamba
Producer
Bound by Honor
Director
Proof of Life
Director
Parker
Director
Dolores Claiborne
Producer
An Officer and a Gentleman
Director
Ray
Director
Filmography
- 2026American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis ValdezSelf
- 2024Good MenSelf
- 2023King on ScreenSelf
- 2020Melville, le dernier samouraïSelf
- 2018Becoming IconicSelf
- 2016The ComedianDirector
- 2015A Place to StandExecutive Producer
- 2014The Mystery of DanteSelf
- 2013ParkerDirector
- 2012Casting BySelf
- 2010Love RanchDirector
- 2010Doctor Zhivago: A CelebrationSelf
- 2008Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for TruthSelf
- 2007Brando: An Icon Is BornHimself
- 2006Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'Self
- 2005Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do ThatSelf
- 2005E-RingDirector
- 2004RayDirector
- 2004KulturplatzSelf
- 2003100 Greatest Sexy MomentsSelf
- 2003Bukowski: Born Into ThisSelf
- 2000Proof of LifeDirector
- 1999G:MT Greenwich Mean TimeProducer
- 1997The Devil's AdvocateDirector
- 1996When We Were KingsProducer
- 1995Dolores ClaiborneProducer
- 1993Bound by HonorDirector
- 1992A Friend in New OrleansHimself
- 1991DefenselessExecutive Producer
- 1991Sweet TalkerExecutive Producer
- 1991Mortal ThoughtsExecutive Producer
- 1991Queens LogicExecutive Producer
- 1990The Long Walk HomeExecutive Producer
- 1989First WorksSelf
- 1989RooftopsExecutive Producer
- 1988Everybody's All-AmericanDirector
- 1987Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' RollDirector
- 1987La BambaProducer
- 1985White NightsDirector
- 1984Against All OddsDirector
- 1982An Officer and a GentlemanDirector
- 1980The IdolmakerDirector
- 1978Teenage FatherDirector
- 1973BukowskiDirector
- 1971Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination
- —SniffDirector
- —The Reluctant Movie StarDirector
- —Signal HillDirector
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