Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 22, 1923
Died
Aug 17, 2016
Place of Birth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Credits
88 titles
Arthur Hiller
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Hiller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood
Self
Lunch
Himself
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
Pucked
Director
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (uncredited)
Speakeasy
Tobias Prappas
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Evangelist
Land of the Free
Judge
Jackie Chan: My Story
Self - Hollywood Director
Merchants of Venus
Reverend Phillips
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Director
Pitch
Self
Blacks and Jews
Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
Carpool
Director
Beverly Hills Cop III
Bar Patron
The Babe
Director
Married to It
Director
Taking Care of Business
Director
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Director
Outrageous Fortune
Director
Teachers
Director
The Lonely Guy
Director
Romantic Comedy
Director
Author! Author!
Director
Making Love
Director
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Dale 'Diz' Corbett
Nightwing
Director
The In-Laws
Director
Silver Streak
Director
W.C. Fields and Me
Director
The Man in the Glass Booth
Director
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Director
Man of La Mancha
Director
The Hospital
Director
Film '72
Self
Plaza Suite
Director
Mean Justice
Director
Love Story
Director
The Out-of-Towners
Director
Popi
Director
The Tiger Makes Out
Director
Tobruk
Director
Penelope
Director
Promise Her Anything
Director
The Americanization of Emily
Director
The Addams Family
Director
Action on the Beach
Self
The Wheeler Dealers
Director
The Greatest Show on Earth
Director