Hal Ashby

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film director film editor human producer screenwriter

Hal Ashby was an influential American film director and editor of the New Hollywood era, known for acclaimed, offbeat classics such as "Harold and Maude," "Shampoo," and "Being There."

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instanceOf	film director ⓘ film editor ⓘ human ⓘ producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
activeIn	film industry ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
awardReceivedFor	In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
awardReceivedYear	1968 ⓘ
birthName	William Hal Ashby ⓘ
burialPlace	Ogden, Utah ⓘ surface form: Ogden, Utah, United States
causeOfDeath	pancreatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1929-09-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1988-12-27 ⓘ
directed	8 Million Ways to Die ⓘ Being There ⓘ Bound for Glory ⓘ Coming Home ⓘ Harold and Maude ⓘ Lookin' to Get Out ⓘ Shampoo ⓘ The Last Detail ⓘ
earlyCareer	assistant film editor ⓘ
edited	In the Heat of the Night ⓘ The Cincinnati Kid ⓘ The Loved One ⓘ The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming ⓘ The Thomas Crown Affair ⓘ
education	self-taught in film editing ⓘ
era	New Hollywood ⓘ surface form: New Hollywood era
familyName	Ashby ⓘ
genre	comedy-drama film ⓘ satire ⓘ
givenName	Hal ⓘ William ⓘ
influenced	American independent cinema ⓘ
movement	New Hollywood ⓘ
name	Hal Ashby self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableWork	8 Million Ways to Die ⓘ Being There ⓘ Bound for Glory ⓘ Coming Home ⓘ Harold and Maude ⓘ Lookin' to Get Out ⓘ Shampoo ⓘ The Last Detail ⓘ
occupation	film director ⓘ film editor ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Ogden, Utah ⓘ surface form: Ogden, Utah, United States
placeOfDeath	Malibu, California ⓘ surface form: Malibu, California, United States
religionUpbringing	raised Mormon ⓘ
residence	California, United States ⓘ
style	character-driven storytelling ⓘ offbeat ⓘ
workedWith	Haskell Wexler ⓘ surface form: Cinematographer Haskell Wexler Jane Fonda ⓘ Jon Voight ⓘ Peter Sellers ⓘ Warren Beatty ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coming Home → director → Hal Ashby ⓘ

Harold and Maude → director → Hal Ashby ⓘ

In the Heat of the Night → editedBy → Hal Ashby ⓘ

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming → editedBy → Hal Ashby ⓘ

The Thomas Crown Affair → editedBy → Hal Ashby ⓘ

subject surface form: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)

Wes Anderson → influencedBy → Hal Ashby ⓘ

Hal Ashby → name → Hal Ashby self-link ⓘ

New Hollywood → notableDirector → Hal Ashby ⓘ

Bruce Dern → workedWith → Hal Ashby ⓘ