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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.
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Filmography
all 82
Director 67
Movies 51
TV Shows 31
self 9
The Man Who Saved Ben-Hur (2016)
Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood (2014)
Lunch (2012)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009)
Pucked (2006)
Holes in My Shoes (2006)
Speakeasy (2002)
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000)
Land of the Free (1998)
Merchants of Venus (1998)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998)
Pitch (1997)
Blacks and Jews (1997)
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
Carpool (1996)
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
The Babe (1992)
Married to It (1991)
Taking Care of Business (1990)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Teachers (1984)
The Lonely Guy (1984)
Romantic Comedy (1983)
Author! Author! (1982)
Making Love (1982)
Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980)
Nightwing (1979)
The In-Laws (1979)
Silver Streak (1976)
W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974)
Man of La Mancha (1972)
The Hospital (1971)
Plaza Suite (1971)
Mean Justice (1971)
Love Story (1970)
The Out-of-Towners (1970)
Popi (1969)
The Tiger Makes Out (1967)
Tobruk (1967)
Penelope (1966)
Hawaii (1966)
Promise Her Anything (1966)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
The Addams Family (1964)
The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
Vacation Playhouse (1963)
Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962)
Ben Casey (1961)
Bus Stop (1961)
Target: The Corruptors! (1961)
The Dick Powell Show (1961)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1961)
Route 66 (1960)
Insight (1960)
Thriller (1960)
Hong Kong (1960)
The Detectives (1959)
Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
The Third Man (1959)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
The Rifleman (1958)
Naked City (1958)
Steve Canyon (1958)
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
The Edge of Innocence (1957)
Suspicion (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
The Careless Years (1957)
Massacre at Sand Creek (1956)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
Matinee Theater (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Oscars (1953)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1923-11-22
Deathday2016-08-17 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceEdmonton, Canada
CitizenshipsCanada
Also Known AsAlan Smithee
AwardsOfficer of the Order of Canada, Canada's Walk of Fame, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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