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Hal Ashby

1929 - 1988

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William Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor. His work exemplified the countercultural attitude of the era. He directed wide-ranging films featuring iconic performances. He is associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking with filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols, and Sidney Lumet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hal Ashby is the 583rd most popular film director (up from 613th in 2019), the 4,299th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,951st in 2019) and the 153rd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hal Ashby ranks 583 out of 2,041. Before him are Otakar Vávra, Asghar Farhadi, Arthur Hiller, Moshé Mizrahi, Tom Tykwer, and Dan O'Bannon. After him are Jaco Van Dormael, Hugh Hudson, Jennifer Lee, Mauritz Stiller, Ann Hui, and Paul Haggis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Hal Ashby ranks 223. Before him are Link Wray, Eric Carle, Luigi Taveri, Lee Hazlewood, Ronald Golias, and Ronnie Biggs. After him are Maarten Schmidt, Fazil Iskander, Józef Glemp, Liselotte Pulver, Barbara Walters, and Roger Bannister. Among people deceased in 1988, Hal Ashby ranks 101. Before him are Giorgio Almirante, Wilhelm Batz, Raymond Williams, Sewall Wright, Henry Armstrong, and Henry Koster. After him are Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Pál Titkos, Solomon, Marcel Bozzuffi, and Francis Ponge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hal Ashby ranks 4,299 out of 20,380. Before him are Brett Lunger (1945), Kieran Culkin (1982), Frank Muller (1862), Stephen Bishop (1951), Dan O'Bannon (1946), and Lee Morgan (1938). After him are Bob Iger (1951), Jerry Brudos (1939), Bud Cort (1948), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Andrew Yang (1975), and Noah Beery (1882).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Hal Ashby ranks 153. Before him are Michael Ritchie (1938), Rob Cohen (1949), Charles Barton (1902), David Chase (1945), Damien Chazelle (1985), and Dan O'Bannon (1946). After him are Jennifer Lee (1971), John Lasseter (1957), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Robert Mulligan (1925), Burt Kennedy (1922), and Robert Surtees (1906).

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