Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an Academy Award-winning American film director.
Hackford was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Mary (née Taylor), a waitress, and Joseph Hackford. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1968, where he was a pre-law major focusing on international relations and economics. After graduating, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia, where he started using Super...
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Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an Academy Award-winning American film director.
Hackford was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Mary (née Taylor), a waitress, and Joseph Hackford. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1968, where he was a pre-law major focusing on international relations and economics. After graduating, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia, where he started using Super 8 film in his spare time. He decided that he did not want to pursue a career in law, and instead got a mailroom position at KCET-TV.
Hackford received an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film for Teenage Father in 1979. He received two Oscar nominations in 2004 for the Ray Charles biopic Ray. He was awarded the 2005 Film Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing.
Richard Gere balked at shooting the ending of Hackford's movie An Officer and a Gentleman where his character arrives at his lover's factory wearing his naval dress...
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