Taylor Hackford

Birthday:: 12/31/1944
Place of birth:: Santa Barbara, California, U.S.:
Biography:: Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944 in Santa Barbara, CA) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982), "The Devil's Advocate" (1997) and "Proof of Life" (2000), and for directing Jamie Foxx to an Academy Award for Best Actor in "Ray" (2004). Hackford served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 2009 to 2013.

Credits

	Good Men (2024) as Self
	King on Screen (2023) as Self
	Melville, le dernier samouraï (2020) as Self
	Becoming Iconic (2018) as Self
	Il mistero di Dante (2014) as Self
	Casting By (2012) as Self
	Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration (2010) as Self
	Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth (2008) as Self
	Brando: An Icon Is Born (2007) as Himself
	Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights' (2006) as Self
	Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) as Self
	100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003) as Self
	Bukowski: Born Into This (2003) as Self
	A Friend in New Orleans (1992) as Himself
	First Works (1989) as Self
	Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination (1971)

	The Comedian Director
	The Comedian Producer
	A Place to Stand Executive Producer
	Parker Director
	Parker Producer
	Love Ranch Director
	Love Ranch Producer
	Ray Director
	Ray Story
	Ray Producer
	Proof of Life Director
	Proof of Life Producer
	G:MT Greenwich Mean Time Producer
	The Devil's Advocate Director
	The Devil's Advocate Executive Producer
	When We Were Kings Producer
	When We Were Kings Editor
	Dolores Claiborne Producer
	Dolores Claiborne Director
	Bound by Honor Director
	Bound by Honor Producer
	Defenseless Executive Producer
	Sweet Talker Executive Producer
	Mortal Thoughts Executive Producer
	Queens Logic Executive Producer
	The Long Walk Home Executive Producer
	Rooftops Executive Producer
	Everybody's All-American Director
	Everybody's All-American Producer
	Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Director
	La Bamba Producer
	White Nights Director
	White Nights Producer
	Against All Odds Director
	Against All Odds Producer
	An Officer and a Gentleman Director
	The Idolmaker Director
	Teenage Father Director
	Teenage Father Writer
	Teenage Father Producer
	Bukowski Director
	Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination Producer
	Sniff Director
	The Reluctant Movie Star Director