Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 31, 1944
Place of Birth
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Credits
48 titles
Taylor Hackford
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
Filmography
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Self
Good Men
Self
King on Screen
Self
Melville, le dernier samouraï
Self
Becoming Iconic
Self
The Comedian
Director
A Place to Stand
Executive Producer
The Mystery of Dante
Self
Parker
Director
Casting By
Self
Love Ranch
Director
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
Self
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Self
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Himself
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
E-Ring
Director
Ray
Director
Kulturplatz
Self
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
Proof of Life
Producer
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Producer
The Devil's Advocate
Director
When We Were Kings
Producer
Dolores Claiborne
Director
Bound by Honor
Producer
A Friend in New Orleans
Himself
Defenseless
Executive Producer
Sweet Talker
Executive Producer
Mortal Thoughts
Executive Producer
Queens Logic
Executive Producer
The Long Walk Home
Executive Producer
First Works
Self
Rooftops
Executive Producer
Everybody's All-American
Director
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Director
La Bamba
Producer
White Nights
Director
Against All Odds
Director
An Officer and a Gentleman
Director
The Idolmaker
Director
Teenage Father
Director
Bukowski
Director
Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination
Sniff
Director
Signal Hill
Director
The Reluctant Movie Star
Director