Arthur Hiller

Known for DirectingBorn 1923-11-22Died 2016-08-17Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arthur Hiller, OC, was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as Love Story (1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars. Hiller collaborated on a number of films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon. Among his other notable films were The Americanization of Emily (1964), Tobruk (1967), The Hospital (1971), The Out-of-Towners (1970), Plaza Suite (1971), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Silver Streak (1976), The In-Laws (1979) and Outrageous Fortune (1987). Hiller served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997. He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2002. An annual film festival in Hiller's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater, Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Hiller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Bus Stop

Action on the Beach

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

Blacks and Jews

W.C. Fields and Me

The Addams Family

Vacation Playhouse

The Wonderful World of Disney

Homeward Borne

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Perry Mason

The Greatest Show on Earth

Steve Canyon

The Third Man

Making Love

Mean Justice

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Rifleman

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

Empire

On Camera

Love Story

The Oscars

The In-Laws

Silver Streak

The Out-of-Towners

Frank Capra's American Dream

Pitch

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The Americanization of Emily

Route 66

The Hospital

The Detectives

Man of La Mancha

Thriller

Merchants of Venus

Jackie Chan: My Story

Gunsmoke

Taking Care of Business

Tobruk

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Telephone Time

The Lonely Guy

Popi

Plaza Suite

The Wheeler Dealers

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse