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name: "Hal McElroy"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "6 April 1946"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:12:31.662448+00:00"
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# Hal McElroy

Producer. Born 6 April 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 April 1946, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28831546, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568427/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67823

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Picnic at Hanging Rock*](https://film.one/film/picnic-at-hanging-rock.md) (88)

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## Biography

Hal McElroy is an Australian film and television producer. Born on 6 April 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria, he is the twin brother of fellow producer Jim McElroy. The brothers entered the film industry in the mid-1960s and collaborated on several early productions before establishing their own company.

They are best known for producing three Peter Weir films: *The Cars That Ate Paris* (1974), *Picnic at Hanging Rock* (1975) and *The Last Wave* (1977). Hal McElroy later worked independently on films including *Razorback* (1984) and *The Sum of Us* (1994), and produced or created numerous television series such as *Blue Heelers* (1994–2006), *Water Rats* (1996–2001) and *Sea Patrol* (2007–2011). He has worked extensively with his wife, Di McElroy.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Picnic at Hanging Rock* (1975), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/picnic-at-hanging-rock.md)

## Also known for

- *Razorback* (1984), Producer
- *The Last Wave* (1977), Producer
- *The Cars That Ate Paris* (1974), Producer
- *The Sum of Us* (1994), Producer, Executive Producer
- *The Man from Hong Kong* (1975), Assistant Director

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