Taylor Hackford

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Taylor Hackford

Directing 81 December 31, 1944

Santa Barbara, California, U.S.

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 Gen…

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The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate

7.5 1997 Movie
Parker

Parker

6.1 2013 Movie
Ray

Ray

7.5 2004 Movie
Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor

8.2 1993 Movie
An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman

7.0 1982 Movie
Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

7.3 1995 Movie
Proof of Life

Proof of Life

6.2 2000 Movie
La Bamba

La Bamba

7.3 1987 Movie
Against All Odds

Against All Odds

5.7 1984 Movie
When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings

7.6 1996 Movie
Mortal Thoughts

Mortal Thoughts

5.7 1991 Movie
Kulturplatz

Kulturplatz

6.0 2004 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

    Movie Self

  2. 2024
    Good Men

    Movie Self

  3. 2023
    King on Screen

    Movie Self

  4. 2020
    Melville, le dernier samouraï

    Movie Self

  5. 2018
    Becoming Iconic

    Movie Self

  6. 2016
    The Comedian

    Movie Director

  7. 2015
    A Place to Stand

    Movie Executive Producer

  8. 2014
    The Mystery of Dante

    Movie Self

  9. 2013
    Parker

    Movie Director

  10. 2012
    Casting By

    Movie Self

  11. 2010
    Love Ranch

    Movie Director

  12. 2010
    Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

    Movie Self

  13. 2008
    Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

    Movie Self

  14. 2007
    Brando: An Icon Is Born

    Movie Himself

  15. 2006
    Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'

    Movie Self

  16. 2005
    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2005
    E-Ring

    TV show Director

  2. 2004
    Ray

    Movie Director

  3. 2004
    Kulturplatz

    TV show Self

  4. 2003
    100 Greatest Sexy Moments

    Movie Self

  5. 2003
    Bukowski: Born Into This

    Movie Self

  6. 2000
    Proof of Life

    Movie Director

  7. 1999
    G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

    Movie Producer

  8. 1997
    The Devil's Advocate

    Movie Director

  9. 1996
    When We Were Kings

    Movie Producer

  10. 1995
    Dolores Claiborne

    Movie Producer

  11. 1993
    Bound by Honor

    Movie Director

  12. 1992
    A Friend in New Orleans

    Movie Himself

  13. 1991
    Defenseless

    Movie Executive Producer

  14. 1991
    Sweet Talker

    Movie Executive Producer

  15. 1991
    Mortal Thoughts

    Movie Executive Producer

  16. 1991
    Queens Logic

    Movie Executive Producer

  17. 1990
    The Long Walk Home

    Movie Executive Producer

  18. 1989
    First Works

    Movie Self

  19. 1989
    Rooftops

    Movie Executive Producer

  20. 1988
    Everybody's All-American

    Movie Director

  21. 1987
    Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

    Movie Director

  22. 1987
    La Bamba

    Movie Producer

  23. 1985
    White Nights

    Movie Director

  24. 1984
    Against All Odds

    Movie Director