Biography
Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Hill is known for male-dominated action films and revival of the Western. He said in an interview, "Every film I've done has been a Western," and elaborated in another, "The Western is ultimately a stripped down moral universe that is, whatever the dramatic problems are, beyond the normal avenues of social control and social alleviation of the problem, and I like to do that even within contemporary stor...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Alien: Romulus
2024
Producer
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in ...

Dead for a Dollar
2022
Director, Screenplay, Story
In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sen...

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
2021
as Self
Oleg Vidov — one of the Soviet Union's most beloved actors — was persecuted, blacklisted and pushed to the breaking point before escaping to the West ...

Friedkin Uncut
2018
as Self
An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The Frenc...

Baby Driver
2017
as Courtroom Interpreter (voice)
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Baby Driver
2017
Thanks
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable
2017
as Self
Documentary about the making of Streets of Fire.

Alien: Covenant
2017
Producer
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but ...

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing
2017
Producer
The Crossing, an official prologue short to Alien: Covenant, reveals what happened to crew members Dr. Elizabeth Shaw and the synthetic David after th...

The Assignment
2016
Director, Story, Screenplay
Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. Th...

Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
2013
as Self
Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited

Bullet to the Head
2012
Director
After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.

Prometheus
2012
Producer
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they ...

Madso's War
2010
Director
When the boss of Boston's Irish mob abruptly skips town to escape a federal indictment, a low-level gangster gathers a group of petty crooks to seize ...

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
2007
Producer
After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Pr...

The Warriors: The Beginning
2007
as Self
Details the origins of the story, with anecdotes by the cast and crew about how they got involved in the project.

The Warriors: Battleground
2007
as Self
Documents the filming process, along with technical insights by cinematographer Andrew Lazslo.

The Warriors: The Phenomenon
2007
as Self
Features the editing and scoring processes, a proposed narration by Orson Welles, and some of the controversies inherent in the film's release.

The Warriors: The Way Home
2007
as Self
An examination of the choreographed fight scenes and bizarre costuming.

Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'
2007
as Self
An appreciation of Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo" (1959) by filmmakers and historians.

Becoming John Ford
2007
as John Ford (voice)
Portrait of film director John Ford, perhaps best known for re-inventing the Western, and generally considered one of America's greatest directors.

Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western
2006
Director
A documentary about the making of the 2006 AMC miniseries Broken Trail.

AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
Producer
When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they k...

Ritual
2002
Producer
An American doctor encounters members of a voodoo cult when she is summoned to Jamaica to treat a wealthy man's brother.

Undisputed
2002
Director, Producer, Writer
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. I...

Supernova
2000
Director
Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. Wha...

Alien Resurrection
1997
Producer, Characters
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises...
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
as Self
A tribute of Howard Hawks by the British Film Institute.

Last Man Standing
1996
Director, Screenplay, Producer
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances fr...

Bordello of Blood
1996
Executive Producer
Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a...

Wild Bill
1995
Director, Screenplay
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and ...

W.E.I.R.D. World
1995
Executive Producer
Greed, murder, sex - all appear to thrive at the Wilson Emery Institute for Research and Development, aka W.E.I.R.D., where brilliant, young, but emot...

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Executive Producer
Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he ...

The Getaway
1994
Screenplay
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.

Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
Director, Producer
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of cor...

Trespass
1992
Director
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't...

Alien³
1992
Screenplay, Producer
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfo...

Two-Fisted Tales
1992
Executive Producer
The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of the Road," a...

Grand Canyon
1991
Thanks
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is t...

Tales from the Crypt Volume 3
1990
Director

Another 48 Hrs.
1990
Director, Characters
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the Ice Man. Jack finds a picture ...

Johnny Handsome
1989
Director
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straig...

Red Heat
1988
Director, Screenplay, Producer
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord w...

Extreme Prejudice
1987
Director
A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Aliens
1986
Story, Executive Producer
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for...

Blue City
1986
Writer, Producer
Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy wil...

Crossroads
1986
Director
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.

Brewster's Millions
1985
Director
Monty Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit $300 million if he can successfully spend $30 million in 30 days without anyt...

Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
Producer
A singing cowboy roams the Wild West with his sidekick, dancing horse and fancy wardrobe.

Streets of Fire
1984
Director, Writer
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be pa...

48 Hrs.
1982
Director, Writer
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Southern Comfort
1981
Director, Screenplay
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing ...

The Long Riders
1980
Director
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin the...

Alien
1979
Producer
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew...

The Warriors
1979
Director, Screenplay
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader ki...

The Driver
1978
Director, Screenplay
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful...

Dog and Cat
1977
Writer
A veteran detective loses his partner in a shooting while they are investigating a gangster who is controlling the local porno rackets. He is stunned ...

Hard Times
1975
Director, Screenplay
In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans ...

The Drowning Pool
1975
Screenplay
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. ...

Messiah of Evil
1975
as Stabbing Victim in Prologue
A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dume, which seems to be under the influence o...

The MacKintosh Man
1973
Screenplay
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate ...

The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
Screenplay
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who beco...

The Getaway
1972
Screenplay
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

Hickey & Boggs
1972
Writer
Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl. | Al Hickey (Cosby) & Frank Boggs (Culp) are two ja...

Directed by John Ford
1971
as Self (2006)
A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.

The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
Second Assistant Director
Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However,...
Will He Live or Will He Die: Walter Hill on Southern Comfort
N/A
as Self
Walter Hill sits down for a rare retrospective interview for his 1981 film "Southern Comfort".
St. Vincent
N/A
Director, Screenplay
A hitman poses as a priest to get close to his next target, a disgraced gangster turned FBI informant, who visits the church on a regular basis.