Taylor Hackford Biography (1944?-)

Full name, Taylor Edwin Hackford; born December 31, 1944 (some sources cite December 3 or 1945), in Santa Barbara, CA; son of Joseph and Mary (a waitress;maiden name, Taylor) Hackford; married Georgie Lowres (divorced); married Lynne Littman (a producer and director; divorced); married Helen Mirren (an actress, producer, and director), December 31, 1997; children: (first marriage)Rio D.; (second marriage) Alexander Littman. Addresses: Agent: WilliamMorris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director
Birth Details: December 31, 1944?; Santa Barbara, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director
Teenage Father (short film), New Visions, 1978
The Idolmaker, United Artists, 1980
An Officer and a Gentleman, Paramount, 1982
Against All Odds, Columbia, 1984
White Nights, Columbia, 1985
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n Roll, 1987
Everybody's All American (also known as When I Fall in Love), Warner Bros., 1988
Blood In ... Blood Out (also known as Blood In, Blood Out ... Bound by Honor and Bound By Honor), Buena Vista, 1993
Dolores Claiborne, Columbia, 1995
The Devil's Advocate, Warner Bros., 1997
Proof of Life, Warner Bros., 2000
Producer
Teenage Father (short film), New Visions, 1978
(With Bill Gilmore) Against All Odds, Columbia, 1984

(With Gilmore) White Nights, Columbia, 1985
(With Bill Borden) La Bamba, Columbia, 1987
(With Laura Ziskin and Ian Sander) Everybody's All American (alsoknown as When I Fall in Love), Warner Bros., 1988
(With Jerry Gershwin) Blood In ... Blood Out (also known as Blood In, Blood Out ... Bound by Honor and Bound By Honor), Buena Vista, 1993
(With Chuck Mulvehill) Dolores Claiborne, Columbia, 1995
(And editor) When We Were Kings (documentary), Gramercy, 1996
Greenwich Mean Time (also known as G:mt), Icon Film Distribution, 1999
Proof of Life, Warner Bros., 2000
Executive Producer
(With Stuart Benjamin) Rooftops, New Visions, 1989
(With Benjamin) The Long Walk Home, Miramax, 1990
(With Benjamin) Sweet Talker (also known as Confidence), New Visions, 1991
(With Benjamin) Defenseless, New Visions/Seven Arts, 1991
(With Benjamin) Mortal Thoughts, Columbia, 1991
Queens Logic, 1991
The Devil's Advocate, Warner Bros., 1997
Television Producer
Specials
Bonnie Raitt and Paul Butterfield, PBS, 1974
Rick Nelson: It's All Right Now, The Nashville Network, 1990
Also producer of Sonny Rollins.
WRITINGS
Films
Teenage Father (short film), New Visions, 1978
Song, "Show Me Your Tattoo," The Devil's Advocate, Warner Bros., 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

People Weekly, November 3, 1997, p. 153; January 19, 1998, p. 102

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