Hal Ashby

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Harold and Maude (FILM) Jul. 23, 1999

8 Million Ways to Die (FILM) Apr. 25, 1986

The Slugger's Wife (FILM) Mar. 29, 1985

Let's Spend the Night Together (FILM) Feb. 11, 1983

Lookin' to Get Out (FILM) Oct. 1, 1982

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HIGHLIGHTS

1987 Helmed the pilot for the TV series "Beverly Hills Buntz"

1986 Directed last film, "Eight Million Ways to Die"

1982 Helmed the documentary "Let Spend the Night Together", about the Rolling Stones

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1987 Helmed the pilot for the TV series "Beverly Hills Buntz"

1986 Directed last film, "Eight Million Ways to Die"

1982 Helmed the documentary "Let Spend the Night Together", about the Rolling Stones

1979 Won further acclaim for directing Peter Sellars in "Being There"

1978 Earned Best Director Oscar nomination for "Coming Home"

1976 Helmed the acclaimed biopic of folk singer Woody Guthrie, "Bound for Glory"; film earned Best Picture Oscar nomination

1975 Teamed with Robert Towne and Warren Beatty to helm "Shampoo"

1971 Directed the cult classic "Harold and Maude"

1970 Film directing debut, "The Landlord"

1968 First film as associate producer (also supervising editor), "The Thomas Crown Affair"

1967 Won Best Editing Oscar for Jewison's "In the Heat of the Night"

1966 Garnered first Oscar nomination for Best Editing for Jewison's comedy "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming"

1965 First film as co-editor, "The Loved One"

1965 First film as solo editor, "The Cincinnati Kid"; first screen collaboration with Norman Jewison

1958 First film credit, "The Big Country"; worked under Robert Swink who became Ashby's mentor

1953 Hitchhiked to Los Angeles

1941 Father committed suicide

Raised in Utah; one of the few non-Mormon families in his neighborhood

Worked numerous jobs before becoming multilith operator at Republic Pictures; responsible for duplicating scripts

Became apprentice film editor

Hired by MGM to direct a film starring Jack Nicholson; project dropped when studio would not approve female lead; Nicholson and Ashby then teamed for "The Last Detail" (1973)

Chosen to direct "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"; resigned over disgreements about the script

Recently Worked With...

Ruth Gordon

Harold and Maude

Released: Jul. 23, 1999

Warren Beatty

Shampoo

Released: Jan. 1, 1998

Jeff Bridges

8 Million Ways to Die

Released: Apr. 25, 1986

Michael O'Keefe

The Slugger's Wife

Released: Mar. 29, 1985

Jon Voight

Lookin' to Get Out

Released: Oct. 1, 1982

Mick Jagger

Let's Spend the Night Together

Released: Jan. 1, 1982

Peter Sellers

Being There

Released: Feb. 1, 1980

Jane Fonda

Coming Home

Released: Jan. 1, 1978

David Carradine

Bound For Glory

Released: Dec. 5, 1976

Beau Bridges

The Landlord

Released: Jan. 1, 1970

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