Directing
Taylor Hackford
Born December 31, 1944 · Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
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.
Known for
7.5
The Devil's Advocate
Director, Executive Producer
6.2
Parker
Director, Producer
7.7
Ray
Director, Story, Producer
7.9
Bound by Honor
Director, Producer
7.1
An Officer and a Gentleman
Director
7.4
Dolores Claiborne
Producer, Director
6.3
Proof of Life
Director, Producer
7.0
La Bamba
Producer
7.9
When We Were Kings
Producer, Editor
6.0
Against All Odds
Director, Producer
5.8
Mortal Thoughts
Executive Producer
5.8
The Comedian
Director, Producer
7.3
The Long Walk Home
Executive Producer
6.7
White Nights
Director, Producer
7.8
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
5.6
Love Ranch
Director, Producer
6.2
Everybody's All-American
Director, Producer
7.6
Casting By
Self
5.7
Queens Logic
Executive Producer
5.5
Defenseless
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis ValdezSelfMovie
- 2024Good MenSelfMovie
- 2023King on ScreenSelfMovie
- 2020Melville, le dernier samouraïSelfMovie
- 2018Becoming IconicSelfMovie
- 2016The ComedianDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2015A Place to StandExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2014The Mystery of DanteSelfMovie
- 2013ParkerDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2012Casting BySelfMovie
- 2010Love RanchDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2010Doctor Zhivago: A CelebrationSelfMovie
- 2008Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for TruthSelfMovie
- 2007Brando: An Icon Is BornHimselfMovie
- 2006Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'SelfMovie
- 2005Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do ThatSelfMovie
- 2005E-RingDirectorSeries
- 2004RayDirector, Story, ProducerMovie
- 2004KulturplatzSelfSeries
- 2003100 Greatest Sexy MomentsSelfMovie
- 2003Bukowski: Born Into ThisSelfMovie
- 2000Proof of LifeDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1999G:MT Greenwich Mean TimeProducerMovie
- 1997The Devil's AdvocateDirector, Executive ProducerMovie
- 1996When We Were KingsProducer, EditorMovie
- 1995Dolores ClaiborneProducer, DirectorMovie
- 1993Bound by HonorDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1992A Friend in New OrleansHimselfMovie
- 1991DefenselessExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1991Sweet TalkerExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1991Mortal ThoughtsExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1991Queens LogicExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1990The Long Walk HomeExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1989First WorksSelfMovie
- 1989RooftopsExecutive ProducerMovie
- 1988Everybody's All-AmericanDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1987Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' RollDirectorMovie
- 1987La BambaProducerMovie
- 1985White NightsDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1984Against All OddsDirector, ProducerMovie
- 1982An Officer and a GentlemanDirectorMovie
- 1980The IdolmakerDirectorMovie
- 1978Teenage FatherDirector, Writer, ProducerMovie
- 1973BukowskiDirectorMovie
- 1971Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-DeterminationMovie
- —SniffDirectorMovie
- —The Reluctant Movie StarDirectorMovie