Hackford, Taylor 1944(?)–

PERSONAL

Full name, Taylor Edwin Hackford; born December 31, 1944 (some sources cite December 3 or 1945), in Santa Barbara, CA; son of Joseph and Mary (a waitress; maiden name, Taylor) Hackford; married Georgie Lowres (divorced); married Lynne Littman (a producer and director), May 7, 1977 (divorced); married Helen Mirren (an actress, producer, and director), December 31, 1997; children: (first marriage) Rio D; (second marriage) Alexander Littman. Education: University of Southern California, B.A., 1968.

Addresses:

Agent—Scott Greenberg, Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Director and producer. KCET-TV (PBS affiliate), Los Angeles, began as mailroom clerk, became director, producer, investigative reporter, and writer, 1970-77; Hackford-Littman Films, Los Angeles, director, producer, and writer, 1977-79; New Visions, Inc., founder, mid-1970s; New Visions Pictures, partner and chair, 1988-91; Venice International Film Festival, jury member, 2000 and 2001; U.S. Peace Corps, volunteer in Bolivia, 1968-69.

Member:

Directors Guild of America (vice president), Writers Guild of America, West.

Awards, Honors:

Silver Reel Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 1972; local Emmy awards, investigative reporting category, 1974 and 1977; Academy Award, best live-action short film, 1979, for Teenage Father; ShoWest Award, director of the year, National Association of Theatre Owners, 1983; Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in motion pictures, 1983, for An Officer and a Gentleman; Tokyo International Film Festival Award, best director, 1993, for Bound by Honor; Film Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2005; Academy Award nomination, Golden Satellite Award nomination, International Press Academy, and Critics Choice Award nomination, Broadcast Film Critics Association, all best director, Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in motion pictures, Academy Award nomination (with others), best motion picture of the year, and David di Donatello Award nomination, best foreign film, all 2005, and Grammy Award (with others), best compilation soundtrack album for motion picture, television, or other visual media, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 2006, all for Ray; Best of Show Award, Music DVD awards, Home Media magazine, 2007, for Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll; Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award (with Paris Barclay), Directors Guild of America, 2007.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Teenage Father (short film), New Visions, 1978.

The Idolmaker (also known as Rock machine), United Artists, 1980.

An Officer and a Gentleman, Paramount, 1982.

Against All Odds, Columbia, 1984.

White Nights (also known as Biale noce, Die Nacht der Entscheidung, Hvide naetter, Il sole a mezzanote, Noches del sol, O sol da meia-noite, O sol da meia noite, Sol de medianoche, Valkeat yoet, Vita naetter, and White Nights—Nacht der Entscheidung), Columbia, 1985.

Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (music documentary; also known as Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll and Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll), Universal, 1987.

Everybody's All American (also known as When I Fall in Love), Warner Bros., 1988.

Bound by Honor (also known as Blood In … Blood Out and Blood In, Blood Out … Bound by Honor), Buena Vista, 1993.

Dolores Claiborne (also known as Dolores, Eclipse Total, Eclipse total, Eclipse total (Dolores Claiborne), Stephen Kings Dolores, and Stephen Kings Dolores Claiborne), Columbia, 1995.

The Devil's Advocate (also known as Devil's Advocate and Im Auftrag des Teufels), Warner Bros., 1997.

Proof of Life, Warner Bros., 2000.

Ray (also known as Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story), Universal, 2004.

Film Executive Producer:

Rooftops (also known as Combat Dance), New Visions, 1989.

The Long Walk Home, Miramax, 1990.

Defenseless, New Visions/Seven Arts Pictures, 1991.

Mortal Thoughts, Columbia, 1991.

Queens Logic, Seven Arts Pictures, 1991.

Sweet Talker (also known as Confidence), New Visions, 1991.

The Devil's Advocate (also known as Devil's Advocate and Im Auftrag des Teufels), Warner Bros., 1997.

Film Producer:

Bukowski (documentary; also known as Bukowski: A Film by Taylor Hackford and Richard Davies), 1973.

Teenage Father (short film), New Visions, 1978.

Against All Odds, Columbia, 1984.

White Nights (also known as Biale noce, Die Nacht der Entscheidung, Hvide naetter, Il sole a mezzanote, Noches del sol, O sol da meia-noite, O sol da meia noite, Sol de medianoche, Valkeat yoet, Vita naetter, and White Nights—Nacht der Entscheidung), Columbia, 1985.

La Bamba (also known as Let's Go), Columbia, 1987.

Everybody's All American (also known as When I Fall in Love), Warner Bros., 1988.

Bound by Honor (also known as Blood In … Blood Out and Blood In, Blood Out … Bound by Honor), Buena Vista, 1993.

Dolores Claiborne (also known as Dolores, Eclipse Total, Eclipse total, Eclipse total (Dolores Claiborne), Stephen Kings Dolores, and Stephen Kings Dolores Claiborne), Columbia, 1995.

When We Were Kings (documentary), Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (also known as G:mt), Icon Film Distribution, 1999.

Proof of Life, Warner Bros., 2000.

Ray (also known as Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story), Universal, 2004.

Film Work; Other:

Film editor, When We Were Kings (documentary), Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

Film Appearances:

The director, To Grandma with Love (short film), Total Sol Films, 2003.

Himself, Bukowski: Born into This (documentary), Magnolia Pictures, 2004.

Vince Vaughn's "Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights—Hollywood to the Heartland" (documentary; also known as Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights—Hollywood to the Heartland), 2006, Picturehouse Entertainment, 2008.

Television Producer; Specials:

Bonnie Raitt and Paul Butterfield, PBS, 1974.

Rick Nelson: It's All Right Now, The Nashville Network, 1990.

Executive producer, Genius: A Night for Ray Charles, CBS, 2004.

Also worked on programs about various other musicians, including John Prine, Sonny Rollins, Leon Russell, and Cat Stevens.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer and director, E-Ring (also known as Pentagon, D.O.S.—Division des operations speciales, and E-Ring—Aporrites apostoles), NBC, 2005.

Television Work; Other:

Director, Economic Love-In, KCET-TV (PBS affiliate), 1973.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, The Score, Trio, 2003.

Himself, Bleep! Censoring Hollywood, American Movie Classics, 2005.

Himself, Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That, TCM, 2005.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

(In archive footage) The 77th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2005.

36th NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2005.

The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 2007.

The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, First Works (also known as Firstworks), 1989.

Himself, "The Making of ‘Proof of Life,’" HBO First Look, HBO, 2000.

Himself, "Richard Gere," Biography (also known as A&E Biography: Richard Gere), Arts and Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, Sunday Morning Shootout, American Movie Classics, 2004.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Director, "Say You, Say Me," The Lionel Richie Collection, Universal Music & Video Distribution, 2003.

Himself, Pas de Deux: Making "White Nights" (short), Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 2004.

Himself, Budd Boetticher: An American Original, Paramount Home Video, 2005.

Himself, An Officer and a Gentleman: 25 Years Later (short), Paramount Home Entertainment, 2007.

Music Video Director:

Phil Collins, "Against All Odds," 1984.

Lionel Richie, "Say You, Say Me," 1985.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Bukowski (documentary; also known as Bukowski: A Film by Taylor Hackford and Richard Davies), 1973.

Teenage Father (short film), New Visions, 1978.

Song "Show Me Your Tattoo," The Devil's Advocate (also known as Devil's Advocate and Im Auftrag des Teufels), Warner Bros., 1997.

(Story) Ray (also known as Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story), Universal, 2004.

Author of other screenplays, including Cry Dance.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, February 4, 2005, p. 92.

Movieline, November, 2000, pp. 70-74.

People Weekly, November 3, 1997, p. 153; January 19, 1998, p. 102.

Variety, February 14, 2005, p. S34.

Washington Post, October 29, 2004, p. C4.