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Taylor Hackford
Director 81 years old

Taylor Hackford

Santa Barbara, California, U.S.

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... Read full bio →

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11 titles
Parker

Parker

Taylor Hackford 2013 1h 58m 5.8

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 alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.

Love Ranch

Love Ranch

Taylor Hackford 2010 1h 57m

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

Ray

Ray

Taylor Hackford 2004 2h 32m 7.5

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard.

Proof of Life

Proof of Life

Taylor Hackford 2000 2h 15m 5.9

Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.

The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate

Taylor Hackford 1997 2h 24m 7.7

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 his boss has something far more evil planned.

Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

Taylor Hackford 1995 2h 12m 7.6

A big-city reporter travels to the small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman that she works for as a maid.

Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor

Taylor Hackford 1993 3h 10m 8.4

Blood In Blood Out (also known as Bound by Honor) is a 1993 crime drama film directed by Taylor Hackford. It follows the intertwining lives of the three Chicano relatives, Miklo (Damian Chapa), Cruz (Jesse Borrego) and Paco (Benjamin Bratt) from 1972 through to the mid 1980s.

Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

Taylor Hackford 1987 2h

This documentary movie covers two concerts at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, to celebrate Chuck Berry's 60th birthday, and also discusses his life and career.

White Nights

White Nights

Taylor Hackford 1985 2h 16m 5.5

An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American who has married a Russian woman lives with her. He is to become a dancer for the Bolshoi again, but he wishes to escape, but can he trust the American?

Against All Odds

Against All Odds

Taylor Hackford 1984 2h 1m 5.8

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 her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be nothing less than their lives

An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman

Taylor Hackford 1982 2h 4m 6.0

Zack Mayo is a young man who has signed up for Navy Flight School. He is a Navy brat who has a bad attitude problem. Sgt. Foley is there to train and evaluate him and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond family and must decide what it is he wants to do with his life.

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