Taylor Hackford

Taylor Hackford

1944-12-31 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. 45 Credits

Biography

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.

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Good Men

Good Men

2024

as Self

Acting

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 voya...

King on Screen

King on Screen

2023

as Self

6.9
Acting

1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than...

Melville, le dernier samouraï

Melville, le dernier samouraï

2020

as Self

7.8
Acting

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

Becoming Iconic

Becoming Iconic

2018

as Self

4.8
Acting

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

The Comedian

The Comedian

2016

Director, Producer

5.7
Directing Producing

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 know...

A Place to Stand

A Place to Stand

2015

Executive Producer

Producing

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 A...

The Mystery of Dante

The Mystery of Dante

2014

as Self

5.2
Acting

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 some...

Dangerous Liaisons

2014

Director

Directing
Parker

Parker

2013

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

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 all...

Casting By

Casting By

2012

as Self

7.1
Acting

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 mo...

Love Ranch

Love Ranch

2010

Director, Producer

5.4
Directing Producing

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

Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

2010

as Self

Acting

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

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008

as Self

Acting

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

Brando: An Icon Is Born

Brando: An Icon Is Born

2007

as Himself

7.0
Acting

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

Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'

Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'

2006

as Self

Acting

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

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

2005

as Self

7.0
Acting

Documentary about filmmaker Budd Boetticher.

Ray

Ray

2004

Director, Story, Producer

7.5
Directing Writing Producing

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

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003

as Self

5.0
Acting

Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments. Supplemented by new interviews with performers, filmmakers, and au...

Bukowski: Born Into This

Bukowski: Born Into This

2003

as Self

6.8
Acting

Director John Dullaghan’s biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski, Bukowski: Born Into This, is as much a touching portrait of t...

Proof of Life

Proof of Life

2000

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

When American engineer Peter Bowman is kidnapped while working in South America, his wife Alice enlists special agent Terry Thorne to help free him. H...

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

1999

Producer

5.5
Producing

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 again...

The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate

1997

Director, Executive Producer

7.5
Directing Producing

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 that...

When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings

1996

Producer, Editor

7.7
Producing

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 world....

Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

1995

Producer, Director

7.3
Producing Directing

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 ...

Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor

1993

Director, Producer

8.1
Directing Producing

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 ...

Defenseless

Defenseless

1991

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

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

Sweet Talker

Sweet Talker

1991

Executive Producer

4.8
Producing

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 ol...

Mortal Thoughts

Mortal Thoughts

1991

Executive Producer

5.6
Producing

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 stea...

Queens Logic

Queens Logic

1991

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

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 ...

The Long Walk Home

The Long Walk Home

1990

Executive Producer

7.6
Producing

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 Luth...

First Works

First Works

1989

as Self

Acting

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

Rooftops

Rooftops

1989

Executive Producer

4.6
Producing

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 ...

Everybody's All-American

Everybody's All-American

1988

Director, Producer

5.4
Directing Producing

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

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

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

1987

Director

7.2
Directing

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 B...

La Bamba

La Bamba

1987

Producer

7.3
Producing

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 g...

White Nights

White Nights

1985

Director, Producer

6.7
Directing Producing

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 an...

Against All Odds

Against All Odds

1984

Director, Producer

5.7
Directing Producing

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 he...

An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982

Director

7.0
Directing

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 afoul...

The Idolmaker

The Idolmaker

1980

Director

5.5
Directing

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

Teenage Father

Teenage Father

1978

Director, Writer, Producer

6.6
Directing Writing Producing

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 is bor...

Bukowski

Bukowski

1973

Director

8.0
Directing

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

Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination

1971

Acting

A documentary about American film director Budd Boetticher

Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination

1971

Producer

Producing

A documentary about American film director Budd Boetticher

Sniff

N/A

Director

Directing

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 com...

The Reluctant Movie Star

N/A

Director

Directing

An hour-long film documenting the "making of" Taylor Hackford's Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock N' Roll. Hackford and the others who worked on the film...