Walter Hill

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AKA: Thomas Lee, Walter Wesley Hill
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 01/10/1940
Birthplace: Long Beach, California, USA

biography

An auteur in every sense of the word, director Walter Hill took the baton passed him by Sam Peckinpah and became a specialist in the archetypal male action movie, reveling in the artifice of the genre, while at the same time, straining against its constraints. Strongly influenced by John Ford and Howard Hawks – he once claimed every film he had ever made was a Western – he allowed action to define character, believing "there is nothing more absurd than properly motivated characters," and concentrated on creating stunning visual spectacle through experiments in lighting, montage, composition Continued

Credits

Producer
2004
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2004-2004
Director
2004
Consulting Producer
2004
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2002
Director
2002
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2002
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2000
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2000
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2000
Producer
1997
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1996
Director
1996
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1996
Director
1995
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1995
Producer
1992
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1992
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1992
From Story
1986
Screenplay
1986
Executive Producer
1986
Director
1980
Screenplay
1979
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1979
Director
1979
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1979
Producer
1979
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1978
Director
1978
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1978
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1973
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Characters as Source Material
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Executive Producer
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milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Suffered from asthma as a child (condition would exempt him from military service); earliest ambition was to draw comic books
 
Worked in construction and oil drilling
 
Happened into films when a friend who was a subcontractor at Brittanica Films asked him to do research on historical re-enactments
1968 
First professional credit as a 2nd assistant director on Norman Jewison's "The Thomas Crown Affair"; also uncredited 2nd assistant director on Peter Yates' "Bullitt"; both films starred Steve McQueen
1969 
Was 2nd assistant director on Woody Allen's "Take the Money and Run"
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