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Taylor Edwin Hackford is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Teenage Father (1979). Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, most notably An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and Ray (2004), the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture.
Birth Name
Taylor Edwin Hackford
Born
Sunday, 31 December 1944
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| King on Screen | Self | 2023 |
| A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps | Self | 2020 |
| Chuck Berry | Self | 2019 |
| They've Gotta Have Us | Self - Director | 2018 |
| CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Self | 2018 |
| Becoming Iconic | Self | 2018 |
| In Their Own Words | Self | 2015 |
| The 69th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2015 |
| The Mystery of Dante | Self / se stesso | 2014 |
| Casting By | Self | 2012 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Comedian | 2016 |
| Parker | 2013 |
| Love Ranch | 2010 |
| E-Ring | 2005 |
| Ray | 2004 |
| Proof of Life | 2000 |
| The Devil's Advocate | 1997 |
| Dolores Claiborne | 1995 |
| Blood In, Blood Out | 1993 |
| Everybody's All-American | 1988 |
| Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll | 1987 |
| A Tribute to Rick Nelson | 1986 |
| White Nights | 1985 |
| Against All Odds | 1984 |
| An Officer and a Gentleman | 1982 |
| The Idolmaker | 1980 |
| Teenage Father | 1978 |
| Bukowski | 1973 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Comedian | 2016 |
| A Place to Stand | 2014 |
| Parker | 2013 |
| Love Ranch | 2010 |
| E-Ring | 2005 |
| Ray | 2004 |
| Genius: A Night for Ray Charles | 2004 |
| Proof of Life | 2000 |
| G:MT Greenwich Mean Time | 1999 |
| The Devil's Advocate | 1997 |
| When We Were Kings | 1997 |
| Dolores Claiborne | 1995 |
| Blood In, Blood Out | 1993 |
| Defenseless | 1991 |
| Sweet Talker | 1991 |
| Mortal Thoughts | 1991 |
| Queens Logic | 1991 |
| The Long Walk Home | 1990 |
| Rooftops | 1989 |
| Everybody's All-American | 1988 |
| La Bamba | 1987 |
| White Nights | 1985 |
| Against All Odds | 1984 |
| Teenage Father | 1978 |
| Bukowski | 1973 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2005 | Oscar | Best Motion Picture of the Year | Nominated |
| 2005 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Directing | Nominated |
| 1979 | Oscar | Best Short Film, Live Action | Won |
