Taylor Hackford

Taylor Hackford

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.

  • Title: Taylor Hackford
  • Popularity: 5.543
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1944-12-31
  • Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
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Taylor Hackford Movies

  • 1971
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    Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination

    Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination

    1 1971 HD

    A documentary about American film director Budd Boetticher

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  • 2007
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    Brando: An Icon Is Born

    Brando: An Icon Is Born

    7 2007 HD

    A short retroperspective feature on Brando's influence on acting itself and the cultural impact of his role in "The Wild One".

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  • 2012
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    Casting By

    Casting By

    7.1 2012 HD

    This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the...

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  • 2005
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    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

    7 2005 HD

    Documentary about filmmaker Budd Boetticher.

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  • 2014
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    The Mystery of Dante

    The Mystery of Dante

    5.2 2014 HD

    A journey in the footsteps of the most famous initiate of Italian Trecento, the author of the celebrated "Divine Comedy". A poet who has inspired...

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  • 2010
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    Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

    Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

    1 2010 HD

    Interviews analyzing and looking back at the making of, and the impact made by, of one of the greatest epic films ever produced.

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  • 2008
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    Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

    Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

    1 2008 HD

    Documentary about Stanley Kramer, included on the 40th anniversary edition of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

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  • 2018
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    Becoming Iconic

    Becoming Iconic

    4.8 2018 HD

    Baker's journey in completing Nicolas Cage's "Inconceivable" and exclusive interviews with top directors recounting their experiences with their...

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  • 2003
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    Bukowski: Born Into This

    Bukowski: Born Into This

    6.8 2003 HD

    Director John Dullaghan’s biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski, Bukowski: Born Into This, is as much a touching...

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  • 1989
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    First Works

    First Works

    1 1989 HD

    It's a mixed bag in the age of illuminating DVD supplements, but First Works effectively demonstrates the early promise of 13 successful filmmakers....

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  • 2020
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    Melville, le dernier samouraï

    Melville, le dernier samouraï

    7.7 2020 HD

    Like nobody else Jean-Pierre Melville influenced modern filmmaking. This documentary follows his creative process step by step, showing him becoming...

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  • 2006
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    Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'

    Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'

    1 2006 HD

    Documentary on the 1985 film White Nights, with interviews from Taylor Hackford, Helen Mirren and Isabella Rossellini.

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  • 2024
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    Good Men

    Good Men

    1 2024 HD

    After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitutes being a "good man" in today's world. This...

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  • 2004
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    Ray

    Ray

    7.4 2004 HD

    Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make...

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  • 1997
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    The Devil's Advocate

    The Devil's Advocate

    7.5 1997 HD

    Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns...

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  • 1982
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    An Officer and a Gentleman

    An Officer and a Gentleman

    7 1982 HD

    Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs...

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  • 1996
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    When We Were Kings

    When We Were Kings

    7.7 1996 HD

    It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the...

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  • 1996
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    When We Were Kings

    When We Were Kings

    7.7 1996 HD

    It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the...

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  • 1984
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    Against All Odds

    Against All Odds

    5.7 1984 HD

    She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love...

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  • 1995
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    Dolores Claiborne

    Dolores Claiborne

    7.3 1995 HD

    Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk...

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  • 1995
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    Dolores Claiborne

    Dolores Claiborne

    7.3 1995 HD

    Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk...

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  • 2000
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    Proof of Life

    Proof of Life

    6.2 2000 HD

    Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South...

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  • 2000
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    Proof of Life

    Proof of Life

    6.2 2000 HD

    Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South...

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  • 1993
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    Bound by Honor

    Bound by Honor

    8.142 1993 HD

    Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It...

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  • 1993
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    Bound by Honor

    Bound by Honor

    8.142 1993 HD

    Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It...

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  • 1988
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    Everybody's All-American

    Everybody's All-American

    5.5 1988 HD

    Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers,...

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  • 1987
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    Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

    Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

    7.2 1987 HD

    St. Louis, 1986. For Chuck Berry's 60th, Keith Richards assembles a pickup band of Robert Cray, Joey Spampinato, Eric Clapton, himself and long-time...

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  • 1980
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    The Idolmaker

    The Idolmaker

    5.4 1980 HD

    Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

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  • 1985
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    White Nights

    White Nights

    6.7 1985 HD

    After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch...

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  • 2010
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    Love Ranch

    Love Ranch

    5.4 2010 HD

    Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.

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  • 2013
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    Parker

    Parker

    6 2013 HD

    A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely...

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  • 1978
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    Teenage Father

    Teenage Father

    6.5 1978 HD

    About a high school boy who accidentally got his girlfriend pregnant. They both agree that they’ll give up the baby for adoption when the child...

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  • 1970
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    Sniff

    Sniff

    1 1970 HD

    A retired detective is pulled back into the action by his former partner, they uncover a hidden underworld of sex, drugs and murder in the wealthy...

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  • 1999
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    G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

    G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

    5.8 1999 HD

    Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry...

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  • 1973
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    Bukowski

    Bukowski

    8 1973 HD

    Charles Bukowski is filmed going to a poetry reading in San Francisco.

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  • 1991
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    Defenseless

    Defenseless

    5 1991 HD

    A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain.

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  • 1971
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    Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination

    Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination

    1 1971 HD

    A documentary about American film director Budd Boetticher

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  • 1990
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    The Long Walk Home

    The Long Walk Home

    7.5 1990 HD

    Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin...

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  • 1991
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    Sweet Talker

    Sweet Talker

    4.6 1991 HD

    When scam artist Harry Reynolds gets out of jail, he makes his way to the depressed coastal village of Beachport, where according to local myth, an...

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  • 2013
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    Parker

    Parker

    6 2013 HD

    A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely...

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  • 2016
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    The Comedian

    The Comedian

    5.7 2016 HD

    An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to...

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  • 2004
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    Ray

    Ray

    7.4 2004 HD

    Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make...

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  • 2004
    imgMovies

    Ray

    Ray

    7.4 2004 HD

    Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make...

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  • 1997
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    The Devil's Advocate

    The Devil's Advocate

    7.5 1997 HD

    Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns...

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  • 1991
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    Queens Logic

    Queens Logic

    5.8 1991 HD

    When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through...

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  • 1987
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    La Bamba

    La Bamba

    7.2 1987 HD

    Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his...

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Love Ranch

    Love Ranch

    5.4 2010 HD

    Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    The Comedian

    The Comedian

    5.7 2016 HD

    An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to...

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  • 1985
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    White Nights

    White Nights

    6.7 1985 HD

    After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch...

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  • 1991
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    Mortal Thoughts

    Mortal Thoughts

    5.6 1991 HD

    A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who...

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  • 1978
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    Teenage Father

    Teenage Father

    6.5 1978 HD

    About a high school boy who accidentally got his girlfriend pregnant. They both agree that they’ll give up the baby for adoption when the child...

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Teenage Father

    Teenage Father

    6.5 1978 HD

    About a high school boy who accidentally got his girlfriend pregnant. They both agree that they’ll give up the baby for adoption when the child...

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  • 2015
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    A Place to Stand

    A Place to Stand

    1 2015 HD

    Jimmy Santiago Baca was a petty thief and a drug dealer when he was sentenced to five years in Arizona State Prison, one of the deadliest prisons in...

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  • 1989
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    Rooftops

    Rooftops

    4.8 1989 HD

    T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is...

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  • 1988
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    Everybody's All-American

    Everybody's All-American

    5.5 1988 HD

    Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers,...

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  • 1984
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    Against All Odds

    Against All Odds

    5.7 1984 HD

    She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love...

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  • 2004
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    Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

    6 2004 HD

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  • 1970
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    Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

    7.9 1970 HD

    E-Ring is an American television military drama, created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, that...

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