Arthur Hiller
Known for: Directing
Born: November 22, 1923
Died: August 17, 2016
Place of birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arthur Hiller, OC, was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as Love Story (1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars. Hiller collaborated on a number of films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon. Among his other notable films were The Americanization of Emily (1964), Tobruk (1967), The Hospital (1971), The Out-of-Towners (1970), Plaza Suite (1971), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Silver Streak (1976), The In-Laws (1979) and Outrageous Fortune (1987). Hiller served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997. He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2002. An annual film festival in Hiller's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater, Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Hiller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
55 movies · 33 TV shows, newest first
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Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood
2014
4.0
Lunch
2012
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Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
4.1
Pucked
20068.0
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
4.4
Speakeasy
2002
5.7
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000
5.1
Land of the Free
1998
6.3
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
6.3
Merchants of Venus
1998
3.9
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
6.5
Pitch
1997
8.0
Blacks and Jews
1997
6.3
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
5.2
Carpool
1996
5.9
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
5.7
The Babe
1992
6.0
Married to It
1991
6.3
Taking Care of Business
1990
6.8
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989
6.0
Outrageous Fortune
1987
5.7
Teachers
1984
6.2
The Lonely Guy
1984
5.2
Romantic Comedy
1983
6.0
Author! Author!
1982
6.9
Making Love
1982
5.3
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
1980
4.9
Nightwing
1979
6.6
The In-Laws
1979
6.7
Silver Streak
1976
8.2
W.C. Fields and Me
1976
6.1
The Man in the Glass Booth
1975
5.6
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
1974
6.6
Man of La Mancha
1972
6.6
The Hospital
19715.1
Film '72
1971
6.2
Plaza Suite
1971
7.0
Mean Justice
1971
6.8
Love Story
1970
6.8
The Out-of-Towners
1970
6.3
Popi
1969
5.0
The Tiger Makes Out
1967
6.4
Tobruk
1967
5.4
Penelope
1966
4.1
Promise Her Anything
1966
6.7
The Americanization of Emily
1964
8.0
The Addams Family
19649.0
Action on the Beach
1964
6.3
The Wheeler Dealers
19637.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
19638.0
Vacation Playhouse
1963
5.8
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963NR
Inside Danny Baker
1963
7.0
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
19627.0
Empire
1962
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
10.0
Bus Stop
1961
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
5.7
The Dick Powell Show
1961
8.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
6.7
Route 66
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
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Hong Kong
1960
6.7
The Detectives
1959
6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
7.2
The Third Man
1959
6.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.7
Naked City
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
7.3
Steve Canyon
1958
6.5
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
NR
The Edge of Innocence
1957
6.2
Suspicion
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
5.7
The Careless Years
1957
NR
Circle of the Day
19578.0
Homeward Borne
1957NR
Three Men on a Horse
1957
5.5
Massacre at Sand Creek
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
6.5
Telephone Time
1956
5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
19557.0
On Camera
1954
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951