---
name: "Harold Becker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harold-becker"
fi1m_id: "harold-becker"
imdb_id: "nm0000887"
tmdb_id: 23213
wikidata_id: "Q942796"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "25 September 1928"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:39:10.469808+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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# Harold Becker

## Identity

Harold Becker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harold-becker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harold-becker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000887
- **TMDB ID:** 23213
- **Wikidata ID:** Q942796
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Becker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942796, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000887/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23213

Director. Born 25 September 1928 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 25 September 1928, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1981–1985
- **Frequently works with:** [Darryl Ponicsan](https://film.one/person/darryl-ponicsan.md), [Ronny Cox](https://film.one/person/ronny-cox.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Becker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942796, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000887/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23213

## Biography

Harold Becker (born 25 September 1928) is an American film director and producer. He studied art and photography at the Pratt Institute in New York and began his career as a stills photographer before directing television commercials and short films.

Becker made his feature debut with *The Ragman's Daughter* (1972). His subsequent films include *The Onion Field* (1979), *Taps* (1981), *Vision Quest* (1985), *Sea of Love* (1989), *Malice* (1993), *City Hall* (1996) and *Mercury Rising* (1998). He has also produced several of his later features.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Taps* (1981), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/taps.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Vengeance: A Love Story* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Masters of Science Fiction* (2007), series, Creator
- *Domestic Disturbance* (2001), Producer, Director
- *Mercury Rising* (1998), Director
- *City Hall* (1996), Producer, Director
- *Malice* (1993), Director, Producer
- *Sea of Love* (1989), Director
- *The Boost* (1988), Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *Vision Quest* (1985), Director
- *Taps* (1981), Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/taps.md)
- *The Black Marble* (1980), Director
- *The Onion Field* (1979), Director
- *The Ragman's Daughter* (1972), Director
- *Sighet, Sighet* (1967), Director
- *Blind Gary Davis* (1964), Director
- *An Interview with Bruce Gordon* (1964), Producer

## Gallery

- ![Harold Becker](https://film.one/media/person/3729348/gallery-9a0a03777f24.jpg) Harold Becker — Image via TMDB
- ![Harold Becker](https://film.one/media/person/3729348/gallery-44e79ed2ef36.jpg) Harold Becker — Image via TMDB
- ![Harold Becker](https://film.one/media/person/3729348/gallery-073cd057acd0.jpg) Harold Becker — Image via TMDB

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