Walter Hill

Walter Hill

1942-01-10 Long Beach, California, USA 68 Credits

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...

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Alien: Romulus

Alien: Romulus

2024

Producer

7.2
Producing

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

Dead for a Dollar

2022

Director, Screenplay, Story

5.8
Directing Writing

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

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

2021

as Self

5.0
Acting

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

Friedkin Uncut

2018

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

Baby Driver

2017

as Courtroom Interpreter (voice)

7.4
Acting

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

Baby Driver

2017

Thanks

7.4

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

Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable

2017

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the making of Streets of Fire.

Alien: Covenant

Alien: Covenant

2017

Producer

6.2
Producing

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

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing

2017

Producer

7.1
Producing

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

The Assignment

2016

Director, Story, Screenplay

5.5
Directing Writing

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

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

2013

as Self

Acting

Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited

Bullet to the Head

Bullet to the Head

2012

Director

5.6
Directing

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

Prometheus

Prometheus

2012

Producer

6.6
Producing

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

Madso's War

2010

Director

4.3
Directing

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

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

2007

Producer

5.2
Producing

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

The Warriors: The Beginning

2007

as Self

6.0
Acting

Details the origins of the story, with anecdotes by the cast and crew about how they got involved in the project.

The Warriors: Battleground

The Warriors: Battleground

2007

as Self

7.0
Acting

Documents the filming process, along with technical insights by cinematographer Andrew Lazslo.

The Warriors: The Phenomenon

The Warriors: The Phenomenon

2007

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

The Warriors: The Way Home

2007

as Self

6.0
Acting

An examination of the choreographed fight scenes and bizarre costuming.

Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'

Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'

2007

as Self

Acting

An appreciation of Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo" (1959) by filmmakers and historians.

Becoming John Ford

Becoming John Ford

2007

as John Ford (voice)

6.3
Acting

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

Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western

2006

Director

7.4
Directing

A documentary about the making of the 2006 AMC miniseries Broken Trail.

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

2004

Producer

5.9
Producing

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

Ritual

2002

Producer

4.5
Producing

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

Undisputed

Undisputed

2002

Director, Producer, Writer

6.5
Directing Producing Writing

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

Supernova

2000

Director

4.9
Directing

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

Alien Resurrection

1997

Producer, Characters

6.2
Producing

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

5.8
Acting

A tribute of Howard Hawks by the British Film Institute.

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

1996

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.4
Directing Writing Producing

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

Bordello of Blood

1996

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

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

Wild Bill

1995

Director, Screenplay

5.7
Directing Writing

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

W.E.I.R.D. World

1995

Executive Producer

2.5
Producing

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

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

1995

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

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

The Getaway

1994

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

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

Geronimo: An American Legend

Geronimo: An American Legend

1993

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

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

Trespass

1992

Director

6.3
Directing

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

Alien³

1992

Screenplay, Producer

6.4
Writing Producing

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

Two-Fisted Tales

1992

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

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

Grand Canyon

1991

Thanks

6.5

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

Tales from the Crypt Volume 3

1990

Director

8.5
Directing
Another 48 Hrs.

Another 48 Hrs.

1990

Director, Characters

6.0
Directing

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

Johnny Handsome

1989

Director

6.3
Directing

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

Red Heat

1988

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.2
Directing Writing Producing

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

Extreme Prejudice

1987

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Aliens

Aliens

1986

Story, Executive Producer

8.0
Writing Producing

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

Blue City

1986

Writer, Producer

4.8
Writing Producing

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

Crossroads

1986

Director

7.4
Directing

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

Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions

1985

Director

6.6
Directing

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

Rustlers' Rhapsody

1985

Producer

5.5
Producing

A singing cowboy roams the Wild West with his sidekick, dancing horse and fancy wardrobe.

Streets of Fire

Streets of Fire

1984

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

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.

48 Hrs.

1982

Director, Writer

6.7
Directing Writing

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

Southern Comfort

1981

Director, Screenplay

6.9
Directing Writing

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

The Long Riders

1980

Director

6.7
Directing

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

Alien

1979

Producer

8.2
Producing

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

The Warriors

1979

Director, Screenplay

7.7
Directing Writing

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

The Driver

1978

Director, Screenplay

7.2
Directing Writing

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

Dog and Cat

1977

Writer

Writing

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

Hard Times

1975

Director, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

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

The Drowning Pool

1975

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

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

Messiah of Evil

1975

as Stabbing Victim in Prologue

6.2
Acting

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

The MacKintosh Man

1973

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

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

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

1973

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

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

The Getaway

1972

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

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

Hickey & Boggs

Hickey & Boggs

1972

Writer

5.8
Writing

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

Directed by John Ford

1971

as Self (2006)

6.9
Acting

A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair

1968

Second Assistant Director

6.8
Directing

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

Acting

Walter Hill sits down for a rare retrospective interview for his 1981 film "Southern Comfort".

St. Vincent

N/A

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

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.