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Hal Ashby
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American film director and film editor (1929-1988)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Un Siècle de cinéma
- Hal Ashby
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Film & TV
Directing · Ogden, Utah, USA
Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. Before his career as a director, Ashby edited films for Norman Jewison, notably The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Editing, and In the Heat of the Night (1967), which earned him an Oscar…
Known for
- Hal — Self (archive footage)2019
- Lookin' to Get Out — Man Speaking on TV (uncredited)1982
- Being There — Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)1979
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- Harold and Maude — Bearded Man Watching Model Train (uncredited)1971
- The Landlord — Groom in Opening Shot (uncredited)1970
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
- The Oscars — Self1953
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 274
- Total plays
- 597
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Bayesian Data Analysis
· 2013 · cited 6,781x
- Cellular Solids
· 1997 · cited 5,241x
- Comparison of Mortality in All Patients on Dialysis, Patients on Dialysis Awaiting Transplantation, and Recipients of a First Cadaveric Transplant
· 1999 · cited 4,471x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- The deformation of plastically non-homogeneous materials
· 1970 · cited 3,732x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Hal Ashby , ( 1929-09-02 ) September 2, 1929, Ogden, Utah , U.S.
- Died
- December 27, 1988 (1988-12-27) (aged 59), Malibu, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Film director editor
- Years active
- 1956–1988
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Encyclopedic overview
William Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor. His work exemplified the countercultural attitude of the era. He directed wide-ranging films featuring iconic performances. He is associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols and Sidney Lumet.
Before his career as a director, Ashby edited films for Norman Jewison, notably The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), which earned Ashby an Oscar nomination for Best Editing, and In the Heat of the Night (1967), which earned him his only Oscar for the same category. Ashby received a third Oscar nomination, this time for Best Director for Coming Home (1978). Other films directed by Ashby include The Landlord (1970), Harold and Maude (1971), The Last Detail (1973), Shampoo (1975), Bound for Glory (1976), and Being There (1979). Harold and Maude and Being There have been inducted into the National Film Registry.
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