Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby (1929, Ogden, Utah – 1988, Malibu, California), a representative of the New Hollywood generation, will be remembered for the movies he contributed in the 1970s to a key chapter in the history of post-classic American film. He gained recognition in the 1960s as an editor when The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) and In the Heat of the Night (1967) brought two Academy Award nominations. Then came the black comedy Harold and Maude (1971),… (lisää)