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Taylor Hackford

Highest Rated: 98% When We Were Kings (1996)

Lowest Rated: 10% Rooftops (1989)

Birthday: Dec 31, 1944

Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California, USA

An early career in television documentaries helped to shape the degree of verisimilitude that informed much of Taylor Hackford's efforts as a director and producer in Hollywood. After proving his skill with real-life subjects, he ventured into features, where he fared best with biopics - especially those based on the lives of rock 'n' roll pioneers like Ritchie Valens in "La Bamba" (1987) and Ray Charles in "Ray" (2004). "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) and "Against All Odds" (1984) also won many moviegoers' hearts, as did later projects like "White Nights" (1985) and "Everybody's All-American" (1988). Feature-length documentaries proved to be one of his most satisfying milieus, with "Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" (1987) and the Muhammad Ali fight story "When We Were Kings" (1996) earning him praise from critics and viewers alike. Films like these solidified Hackford's status as a director with an uncanny knack for capturing the drama inherent in everyday lives.

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Highest-Rated Movies

98% 94% When We Were Kings
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90% 85% The Idolmaker
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89% 95% Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
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88% 85% The Long Walk Home
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86% 82% Dolores Claiborne
Watchlist 83% 79% La Bamba Watchlist 79% 81% An Officer and a Gentleman Watchlist
79% 87% Ray
Watchlist 65% 64% King on Screen Watchlist
64% 94% Blood In, Blood Out
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Taylor Hackford

Taylor Hackford Helen Mirren (R), Taylor Hackford at arrivals for ARTHUR Premiere, The Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, NY April 5, 2011. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection Taylor Hackford at arrivals for MISTRESS AMERICA Premiere, Landmark Sunshine Cinema, New York, NY August 12, 2015. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection Helen Mirren at a public appearance for HITCHCOCK Premiere, The Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, NY November 18, 2012. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Director Taylor Hackford, Helen Mirren at arrivals for ARTHUR Premiere, The Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, NY April 5, 2011. Photo By: Desiree Navarro/Everett Collection CHUCK BERRY HAIL! HAIL! ROCK 'N' ROLL, director, Taylor Hackford, 1987. ©Universal Pictures WHITE NIGHTS, director Taylor Hackford, 1985, (c) Columbia Pictures PARKER, l-r: Nick Nolte, director Taylor Hackford on set, 2013, ph: Jack English/©FilmDistrict DOLORES CLAIBORNE, director Taylor Hackford, Jennifer Jason Leigh, on set, 1995. ©Columbia Pictures EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN, director Taylor Hackford, Dennis Quaid (right) on set, 1988, (c) Warner Brothers View more photos

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King on Screen 65% 64% 2022 Self Becoming Iconic 50% 99% 2018 Self The Comedian 24% 28% 2016 Director, Producer A Place to Stand 2014 Executive Producer The Mystery of Dante 2014 se stesso Actor Parker 41% 48% 2013 Director, Producer Love Ranch 12% 28% 2010 Director, Producer Ray 79% 87% 2004 Director, Producer Proof of Life 39% 43% 2000 Director, Producer G:MT 70% 1999 Producer The Devil's Advocate 63% 80% 1997 Director, Executive Producer When We Were Kings 98% 94% 1996 Producer, Film Editing Dolores Claiborne 86% 82% 1995 Director, Producer Blood In, Blood Out 64% 94% 1993 Director, Producer Defenseless 37% 1991 Executive Producer Mortal Thoughts 56% 36% 1991 Executive Producer Queens Logic 30% 35% 1991 Executive Producer The Long Walk Home 88% 85% 1990 Executive Producer Rooftops 10% 36% 1989 Executive Producer Everybody's All-American 45% 47% 1988 Director, Producer Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll 89% 95% 1987 Director La Bamba 83% 79% 1987 Producer White Nights 46% 74% 1985 Director Against All Odds 64% 45% 1984 Director, Producer An Officer and a Gentleman 79% 81% 1982 Director
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