Hal Ashby

Director. Born 2 September 1929 in Ogden, Utah, USA. Died 27 December 1988.

Titles on Fi1m4 directing · 1 producing · 1 crew

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 4 titles

Oscar1 won · 2 nominated

Born

2 September 1929, Ogden, Utah, USA

Died

27 December 1988

Active

1966–1979

Frequently works with

Charles Mulvehill, Norman Jewison

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

78Fi1m

74Critics

We rate Hal’s work 4 points above the press, across 4 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above2

60 to 792

Under 600

Of 4 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 4 films
Screen time: 8 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $63m across 2 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar1 won · 2 nominated
Active: 1966–1979

Genres

Drama4
Comedy2
Romance2
Music1
War1

Best and worst on Fi1m

84BestBeing There1979

71WorstBound for Glory1976

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11950s

81960s

81970s

91980s

12000s

Directors most worked with

Norman Jewison2 titles

Producers most worked with

Charles Mulvehill2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 won · 2 nominated

Nominated1979Best Director · Coming Home
Won1968Best Film Editing · In the Heat of the Night
Nominated1967Best Film Editing · The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.