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name: "Gustav Hasford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gustav-hasford"
fi1m_id: "gustav-hasford"
imdb_id: "nm0368007"
tmdb_id: 8642
wikidata_id: "Q1555931"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "28 November 1947"
died: "29 January 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:17:00.459274+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gustav Hasford

## Identity

Gustav Hasford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gustav-hasford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gustav-hasford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0368007
- **TMDB ID:** 8642
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1555931
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Hasford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1555931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8642

Writer. Born 28 November 1947 in Russellville, Alabama, USA. Died 29 January 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 28 November 1947, Russellville, Alabama, USA
- **Died:** 29 January 1993
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Hasford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1555931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8642

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Full Metal Jacket*](https://film.one/film/full-metal-jacket.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gustav Hasford was an American novelist, journalist and poet. He served as a combat correspondent with the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

His semi-autobiographical novel *The Short-Timers* (1979) formed the basis for the film *Full Metal Jacket* (1987). Hasford shared screenplay credit with Stanley Kubrick and Michael Herr; the script received an Academy Award nomination.

He published two further novels, *The Phantom Blooper* (1990) and *A Gypsy Good Time* (1992). Hasford died in Greece in 1993.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Full Metal Jacket* (1987), Fi1m 81, Novel, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/full-metal-jacket.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Full Metal Jacket* (1987), Screenplay, Novel — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/full-metal-jacket.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1988: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Full Metal Jacket*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/gustav-hasford