Taylor Hackford Biography (1944?-) (original) (raw)

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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; divorced); married Helen Mirren (an actress, producer, and director), December 31, 1997; children: (first marriage)Rio D.; (second marriage) Alexander Littman. Addresses: Agent: WilliamMorris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, director

Birth Details

December 31, 1944?

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Director
• Teenage Father (short film), New Visions, 1978
• The Idolmaker, United Artists, 1980
• An Officer and a Gentleman, Paramount, 1982
• Against All Odds, Columbia, 1984
• White Nights, Columbia, 1985
• Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n Roll, 1987
• Everybody's All American (also known as When I Fall in Love), Warner Bros., 1988
• Blood In ... Blood Out (also known as Blood In, Blood Out ... Bound by Honor and Bound By Honor), Buena Vista, 1993
• Dolores Claiborne, Columbia, 1995
• The Devil's Advocate, Warner Bros., 1997
• Proof of Life, Warner Bros., 2000
• Producer
• Teenage Father (short film), New Visions, 1978
• (With Bill Gilmore) Against All Odds, Columbia, 1984
• (With Gilmore) White Nights, Columbia, 1985
• (With Bill Borden) La Bamba, Columbia, 1987
• (With Laura Ziskin and Ian Sander) Everybody's All American (alsoknown as When I Fall in Love), Warner Bros., 1988
• (With Jerry Gershwin) Blood In ... Blood Out (also known as Blood In, Blood Out ... Bound by Honor and Bound By Honor), Buena Vista, 1993
• (With Chuck Mulvehill) Dolores Claiborne, Columbia, 1995
• (And editor) When We Were Kings (documentary), Gramercy, 1996
• Greenwich Mean Time (also known as G:mt), Icon Film Distribution, 1999
• Proof of Life, Warner Bros., 2000
• Executive Producer
• (With Stuart Benjamin) Rooftops, New Visions, 1989
• (With Benjamin) The Long Walk Home, Miramax, 1990
• (With Benjamin) Sweet Talker (also known as Confidence), New Visions, 1991
• (With Benjamin) Defenseless, New Visions/Seven Arts, 1991
• (With Benjamin) Mortal Thoughts, Columbia, 1991
• Queens Logic, 1991
• The Devil's Advocate, Warner Bros., 1997
• Television Producer
• Specials
• Bonnie Raitt and Paul Butterfield, PBS, 1974
• Rick Nelson: It's All Right Now, The Nashville Network, 1990
• Also producer of Sonny Rollins.
• WRITINGS
• Films
• Teenage Father (short film), New Visions, 1978
• Song, "Show Me Your Tattoo," The Devil's Advocate, Warner Bros., 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

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