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name: "Philip Hobel"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "5 July 1921"
died: "23 October 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T06:28:26.166020+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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# Philip Hobel

Producer. Born 5 July 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 23 October 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 5 July 1921, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 23 October 2013
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Hobel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15840386, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387666/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1323935

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Tender Mercies*](https://film.one/film/tender-mercies.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Philip Hobel was an American film and television producer and film distributor. Born Philip Sherman Hobel in Manhattan, New York City, he graduated from Columbia College in 1942 and served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy during the Second World War. After the war he founded and operated the Cortland Furniture Company until entering the television and film business around 1970.

Hobel founded The Cinema Guild and, with his wife Mary-Ann Hobel, produced numerous television documentaries and series, including *The Fabulous Sixties* and *Here Come The Seventies*. He produced the feature film *Tender Mercies* (1983), which received five Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture. Hobel died in New York City on 23 October 2013.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tender Mercies* (1983), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/tender-mercies.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Tender Mercies* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/tender-mercies.md)
- *Primal Therapy: In Search of the Real You* (1976), Director
- *Kennedys Don't Cry* (1975), Director, Co-Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1984: Best Picture (nominated), for *Tender Mercies*

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

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