Editing Hal Ashby (section)

{{Short description|American film director and editor (1929–1988)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Hal Ashby
| image = Hal Ashby still.JPG
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| caption = Ashby directing ''Bound for Glory'' (1976)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|9|2}}
|birth_place=[[Ogden, Utah]], U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1988|12|27|1929|9|2}}
|death_place=[[Malibu, California]], U.S.
| birth_name =William Hal Ashby
| other_names =
| occupation  = {{flatlist|
*Film director
*editor}}
| spouse       = {{ubl|{{marriage|Lavon Compton|1947|1948|end=div}}|{{marriage|Maxine Marie Armstrong|1949|1950|end=div}}|{{marriage|Maloy "Mickey" Joan Bartron|1956|1963|end=div}}|{{marriage|Shirley Stockman|1963|1968|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Joan Marshall]]|1969|1970|end=div}}}}
| years_active = 1956–1988
| website =
}}

'''William Hal Ashby''' (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988)<ref name="Who's Who">{{cite book|title=Who was who in America : with world notables, v. XI (1993–1996)|year=1996|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=New Providence, N.J.|isbn=0837902258|page=[https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoinameri11marq/page/9 9]|chapter=Ashby, Hal|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoinameri11marq}}</ref> was an [[Cinema of the United States|American film]] [[Film director|director]] and [[Film editing|editor]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 28, 1988|author=Glenn Collins|title=Hal Ashby, 59, an Oscar Winner Whose Films Included 'Shampoo'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/28/obituaries/hal-ashby-59-an-oscar-winner-whose-films-included-shampoo.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[PopMatters]]|author=Rodger Jacobs|author-link=Rodger Jacobs|title=Hal Ashby: Hollywood Rebel|date=September 25, 2009|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/111173-reed-martin-on-the-reel-truth-and-being-hal-ashby/}}</ref> His work exemplified the [[countercultural]] attitude of the era. He directed wide-ranging films featuring iconic performances. He is associated with the [[New Hollywood]] wave of filmmaking with filmmakers such as [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Woody Allen]], [[Mike Nichols]], and [[Sidney Lumet]].

Before his career as a director Ashby edited films for [[Norman Jewison]], notably ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'' (1966), which earned Ashby an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Editing]], and ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' (1967), which earned him his only Oscar for the same category. Ashby received a third Oscar nomination, this time for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for ''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]'' (1978).  Other films directed by Ashby include ''[[The Landlord]]'' (1970), ''[[Harold and Maude]]'' (1971), ''[[The Last Detail]]'' (1973), ''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]'' (1975), ''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound for Glory]]'' (1976), and ''[[Being There]]'' (1979).