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{{Short description|American film director and editor (1929–1988)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{more sources|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Hal Ashby | image = Hal Ashby still.JPG | image_size = | 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). ==Early life and education== Ashby was born September 2, 1929, in [[Ogden, Utah]], the youngest of four siblings born to [[Mormons|Mormon]] parents Eileen Ireta (née Hetzler) and James Thomas Ashby, a [[Dairy farming|dairy farm]] owner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/155205190/Being-Hal-Ashby|title=Being Hal Ashby–Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences–Kentucky|website=Scribd.com|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name=byu>{{cite web|work=[[Mormon Literature & Creative Arts]]|title=Hal Ashby|publisher=[[Brigham Young University]]|url=https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/people/hal-ashby/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210502191941/https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/people/hal-ashby/|archive-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref> Ashby's parents divorced in 1936, after which his father remarried.{{sfn|Dawson|2009|p=10}} Following the divorce, Ashby and his siblings lived with their mother, briefly in [[Logan, Utah]], before relocating to [[Portland, Oregon]], where his elder brother took a job in the timber industry.{{sfn|Dawson|2009|p=10}} His mother, a cooking enthusiast, opened a restaurant in Portland.{{sfn|Dawson|2009|p=10}} After several years in Portland, the family returned to Ogden, where Ashby primarily lived with his father.{{sfn|Dawson|2009|pages=10–13}} When Ashby was 12 years old, his father committed [[suicide]].{{sfn|Dawson|2009|pages=12–13}} ==Career== ===1967–1978: Breakthrough and stardom=== As Ashby was entering adult life, he moved from Utah to [[Los Angeles]], California, where he pursued a [[Bohemianism|bohemian]] lifestyle and ultimately became an assistant [[film editor]] through a long apprenticeship. His career gained momentum when he served as the editor of ''[[The Loved One (film)|The Loved One]]'' (1965), an adaptation of the [[Evelyn Waugh]] novel that involved such New Hollywood contemporaries as screenwriter [[Terry Southern]] and cinematographer [[Haskell Wexler]]. After being nominated for the [[Academy Award for Film Editing]] in 1967 for ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qoGgx3jWDc|title=Grand Prix Wins Film Editing: 1967 Oscars|date=March 18, 2015|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> His big break occurred one year later when he won the award for ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TJBAFDpop8|title=Hal Ashby winning a Film Editing Oscar®|date=March 5, 2014|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/videos-photos/40th-oscars-highlights|title=40th Oscars Highlights|date=September 9, 2014|website=Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref> Ashby often stated that the practice of editing provided him with the best filmmaking background outside of traditional university study and carried the techniques learned as an editor with him when he began directing. At the urging of mentor [[Norman Jewison]], Ashby directed his first film, ''[[The Landlord]]''—an early rumination on the social dynamics of [[gentrification]] in [[Park Slope, Brooklyn]]—in 1970. While his birth date placed him within the [[Silent Generation]], the filmmaker (who had been a habitual [[marijuana]] smoker since 1950), eagerly embraced the [[hippie]] lifestyle, adopting [[vegetarianism]] and growing his hair long before it became ''de rigueur''. Over the next ten years, Ashby directed several acclaimed and popular films. Many were about outsiders and adventurers traversing the pathways of life. They included the off-beat romance ''[[Harold and Maude]]'' (1971), ''[[The Last Detail]]'' (1973), and the social satire ''[[Being There]]'' (1979), with [[Peter Sellers]], giving the star a well-received role after many felt he had lapsed into self-parody. His most significant commercial success was ''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]'' (1975), a collaboration with [[Warren Beatty]] and [[Robert Towne]] that satirized late-1960s [[Sexual mores|sexual]] and [[social mores]] through the life of a hairdresser modeled after such contemporaneous figures as [[Jay Sebring]] and [[Jon Peters]]. ''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound for Glory]]'' (1976), a muted biography of [[Woody Guthrie]] starring [[David Carradine]], was the first film to use a [[Steadicam]]. In June 1973, [[Michael Douglas]] and [[Saul Zaentz]] hired Ashby to direct ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'', after the original director [[Miloš Forman]] became unavailable due to the reimposition of [[censorship]] in his native [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]] after the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]] and after Forman's initial replacement [[Richard Rush (director)|Richard Rush]] was unable to secure studio funding.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55189 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=AFI Catalog}}</ref><ref name=":100">{{Cite web|last=Yumpu.com|title=Boxoffice-June.18.1973|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/31901486/boxoffice-june181973|access-date=2021-06-12|website=yumpu.com|language=en}}</ref> Ashby was responsible for casting [[Jack Nicholson]] as R.P. McMurphy, but this resulted in a nine-month delay during which Forman fled to the United States and was rehired as director.<ref name=":0"/> Aside from ''Shampoo'', Ashby's most commercially successful film was the [[Vietnam War]] drama ''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]'' (1978). Starring [[Jane Fonda]] and [[Jon Voight]], both in [[Academy Award]]-winning performances, it was for this film that Ashby earned his only [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director Oscar]] nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1979|title=The 51st Academy Awards | 1979|website=Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=October 5, 2014}}</ref> Arriving in the post-''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' and ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' era, ''Coming Home'' was one of the last films to encapsulate the modestly budgeted, [[Social realism|socially realistic]] ethos of the New Hollywood era, earning nearly $15 million in returns and rentals on a $3 million budget. ===1979–1988: Later films=== Because of his critical success and dependable profitability, shortly after the success of ''Coming Home'', Ashby was able to form a production company, Northstar, under the auspices of [[Lorimar Television|Lorimar]]. After ''Being There'', Ashby became more [[reclusive]], often retreating to his home in [[Malibu, California|Malibu Colony]], a gated enclave in the city. Later, it was widely rumored in a likely [[whisper campaign]] from Lorimar (whose executives clashed with the director) that Ashby had become dependent upon [[cocaine]], a drug that he only used intermittently after the production of ''Bound for Glory''. As a consequence of these rumors, he slowly became unemployable.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Being_Hal_Ashby|title=Being Hal Ashby|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Eva Gardos, an editor who worked with Ashby during the period, has asserted that his drug intake remained largely confined to [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] and [[psilocybin]].<ref name="auto"/> Following ''Being There'', Ashby was provisionally set to reunite with Sellers and Terry Southern on ''Grossing Out'', a black comedy inspired by the actor's chance meeting with an international arms dealer on an airplane. Although Southern (who had not had a screenplay go to production in a decade) was rejuvenated by the prospect of working with the duo and produced a script that was said to be on par with his 1960s oeuvre, the project went into [[development hell]] after Sellers sudden death from a heart attack in July 1980. During this period, the productions<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/6212%7C64917/Hal-Ashby/|title=Hal Ashby|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> of ''[[Second-Hand Hearts]]'' and ''[[Lookin' to Get Out]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/great-directors/ashby/|title=Ashby, Hal–Senses of Cinema|first=Darren|last=Hughes|date=December 30, 2009}}</ref> The latter a [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] caper that reunited him with Voight and featured Voight's young daughter, [[Angelina Jolie]] was plagued by the increasingly strained relationship between Ashby and Lorimar. Filmed in 1979, ''Second-Hand Hearts'' only received a poorly reviewed limited release in 1981 before being pulled from circulation for nearly thirty years. Belatedly released in October 1982, ''Lookin' to Get Out'' earned a little under $1 million in returns and rentals on an estimated $17 million budget. During this period, Lorimar executives grew less tolerant of his increasingly perfectionist production (811,000 feet of film were used shooting ''Lookin' to Get Out'') and editing techniques, a montage in the latter film set to [[The Police]]'s "[[Message in a Bottle (The Police song)|Message in a Bottle]]" took six months to perfect but proved to be logistically unusable due to a Lorimar agreement with the [[American Federation of Musicians]]. Initially set to helm ''[[Tootsie]]'' after two years of negotiations and Ashby-directed wig and makeup tests, Lorimar executives blocked him from working on the film because part of the pre-production period overlapped with final work on the long-gestating ''Lookin' to Get Out'', which was eventually recut by the studio when Ashby's work was deemed to be unsatisfactory. (Decades later, Ashby's cut was rediscovered and released on DVD in 2009.) As [[Dustin Hoffman]] had not offered a "formal commitment" to the production at the time of Ashby's dismissal, the director forfeited his $1.5 million fee. While post-production of ''Lookin' to Get Out'' continued, Lorimar permitted Ashby to film [[The Rolling Stones]]' [[Rolling Stones American Tour 1981|1981 American tour]] documentary, ''[[Let's Spend the Night Together (film)|Let's Spend the Night Together]]'', the director was a longtime fan of the group. He collapsed before the final filmed concert at [[Sun Devil Stadium]] in [[Tempe, Arizona]], on December 13, 1981. Although [[Jeff Wexler]] said Ashby was "partying way beyond his capabilities with the Stones," [[Caleb Deschanel]] has said that Ashby (who directed the concert shoot on a gurney) simply had the flu. The film was well-received but gained little traction during a limited theatrical release. In September 1983, Ashby directed ''[[Solo Trans]]'', a [[Neil Young]] concert video that was released the following year. ''[[The Slugger's Wife]]'', with a screenplay written by [[Neil Simon]], was a critical and commercial failure. Ashby (whose cocaine use had accelerated throughout the shoot)<ref name="auto"/> was fired after delivering a 20-minute rough cut of the beginning of the film that included almost no dialogue. When the [[Oliver Stone]]-written ''[[8 Million Ways to Die]]'' fared similarly at the box office, Ashby's post-production process was considered to be such a liability that he was fired by the production company on the final day of [[principal photography]].<ref name="auto"/> Attempting to turn a corner in his declining career, Ashby stopped using drugs, trimmed his hair and beard, and began to frequently attend Hollywood parties wearing a navy-blue blazer so as to suggest that he was once again employable. Despite these efforts, he could only find work as a television director, helming one of three [[pilot episode|pilots]] for ''[[Beverly Hills Buntz]]'', an unsuccessful ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' spinoff starring [[Dennis Franz]]. He also directed ''Jake's Journey'', a [[sword and sorcery]] fantasy conceived by [[Graham Chapman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mubi.com/nl/films/jake-s-journey|title=Jake's Journey|via=mubi.com}}</ref> ===Unrealized projects=== {{Main|Hal Ashby's unrealized projects}} ==Personal life and death== Longtime friend Warren Beatty advised Ashby to seek medical care after he complained of various ailments, including undiagnosed [[phlebitis]]. He was soon diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]] that rapidly spread to his lungs, colon, and liver. Ashby died on December 27, 1988, at his home in [[Malibu, California]]. ==Influence and legacy== ''The Last Detail'', ''Bound for Glory'', ''Coming Home'', and ''Being There'' were all nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]]. American songwriter and guitarist [[Guthrie Thomas]], who coordinated the music in ''Bound for Glory'' and acted in the film, called Ashby "one of the finest motion picture directors of the 20th century."{{cn|date=May 2025}} [[Michael Cimino|Michael Cimino's]] 1996 film ''[[The Sunchaser]]'', about a teenager with pancreatic cancer who refuses medical treatment, was dedicated to Ashby.{{sfn|Dawson|2009|p=334, 342}} For the 2012 ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' Directors Top Ten poll [[Niki Caro]], [[Cyrus Frisch]], and [[Wanuri Kahiu]] voted for ''Harold and Maude'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/film/4ce2b6abd9c36|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820070050/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/film/4ce2b6abd9c36|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 20, 2012|title=Harold and Maude (1971)|website=Explore.bfi.org.uk|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> with Frisch describing the film as "an encouragement to think beyond the obvious!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/voter/920|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827010134/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/voter/920|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 27, 2012|title=Cyrus Frisch - BFI|website=Explore.bfi.org.uk|access-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> A [[Hal (2018 film)|2018 documentary]] about the director was screened at the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/movies/sundance-2018-best-films/|title=Sundance 2018: The best films of this year's festival|first1=Chris Nashawaty|last1=January 25|first2=2018 at 10:38 AM|last2=EST|website=EW.com}}</ref> The moving image collection of Hal Ashby is held at the Academy Film Archive. The material at the Academy Film Archive is also complemented by material in the Hal Ashby papers at the academy's Margaret Herrick Library.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hal Ashby Collection|url=http://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/hal-ashby-collection|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref> Hal Ashby has been an influence to the melodic post-hardcore band [[Touché Amoré|Touche Amore]]. He is referenced in the 3rd song "Hal Ashby", of their album "''Spiral in a Straight Line''" in the lyrics (“a misguided Hal Ashby catastrophe”).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |title=Touché Amoré nod to 'Harold and Maude' director Hal Ashby with new song & video |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/touche-amore-nod-to-harold-and-maude-director-hal-ashby-with-new-song-video/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijmhb8is-vc |title=Touché Amoré - Hal Ashby (Official Music Video) |date=2024-09-04 |last=Touché Amoré |access-date=2025-02-18 |via=YouTube}}</ref> ==Filmography== ===Films=== ===As director=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Title !! scope="col" | Year!! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Landlord]]'' | 1970 | Cameo: Groom in opening shot |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Harold and Maude]]'' | 1971 | Cameo: Man watching model train |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Last Detail]]'' | 1973 | Cameo: Man at a bar |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]'' | 1975 | |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound for Glory]]'' | 1976 | |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]'' | 1978 | Cameo: Man doing a peace sign |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Being There]]'' | 1979 | Cameo: ''[[Washington Post]]'' worker |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Second-Hand Hearts]]'' | 1981 | |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Lookin' to Get Out]]'' | 1982 | Cameo: Man on television |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Let's Spend the Night Together (film)|Let's Spend the Night Together]]'' | 1983 | rowspan="2" | Concert film |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Solo Trans]]'' | 1984 |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Slugger's Wife]]'' | 1985 | |- ! scope="row" | ''[[8 Million Ways to Die]]'' | 1986 | |- |} ===Other film work=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year ! colspan="2" |Credited as!! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! Editor!! |Other |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)|Friendly Persuasion]]'' | 1956 | | {{yes}} | rowspan="4" | Uncredited assistant editor |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Big Country]]'' | 1958 | | {{yes}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Tokyo After Dark]]'' | rowspan="2" | 1959 | | {{yes}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' | | {{yes}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Young Doctors (film)|The Young Doctors]]'' | rowspan="2" | 1961 | | {{yes}} | Editorial consultant |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Children's Hour (film)|The Children's Hour]]'' | | {{yes}} | rowspan="2" | Assistant editor |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Captain Sindbad]]'' | 1963 | | {{yes}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Best Man (1964 film)|The Best Man]]'' | 1964 | | {{yes}} | Editorial consultant |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' | rowspan="3" | 1965 | | {{yes}} | Uncredited assistant editor |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Loved One (film)|The Loved One]]'' | {{yes}} | | |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Cincinnati Kid]]'' | {{yes}} | | With Brian Smedley-Aston |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming|The Russians Are Coming, <br>the Russians Are Coming]]'' | 1966 | {{yes}} | | With [[J. Terry Williams]] |- ! scope="row" | ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' | 1967 | {{yes}} | | |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' | 1968 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | rowspan="2" | With [[Ralph E. Winters]] & Byron Brandt<br>Also associate producer |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Gaily, Gaily]]'' | 1969 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! scope="col" | Credited as !! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! |Director |- |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Beverly Hills Buntz]]'' | 1987 | {{yes}} | Episode: "Pilot" |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Jake's Journey]]'' | 1988 | {{yes}} | Television pilot |} ==Awards and nominations== {| class=wikitable |- ! | Year ! | Association ! | Category ! | Project ! | Result ! | Ref. |- |1966 || rowspan=3|[[Academy Awards]] || rowspan=2|[[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] || ''[[The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming]]'' || {{nom}} || |- |1967 || ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' || {{won}} || |- |1978 || [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] || ''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]'' || {{nom}} || |- |1976 || rowspan=3|[[Golden Globe Awards]] || rowspan=3|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]] || ''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound for Glory]]'' || {{nom}} || |- |1978 || ''Coming Home'' || {{nom}} || |- |1979 || ''[[Being There]]'' || {{nom}} || |- |1973 || rowspan=4|[[Cannes Film Festival]] || rowspan=4|[[Palme d'Or]] || ''[[The Last Detail]]'' || {{nom}} || |- |1976 || ''Bound for Glory'' || {{nom}} || |- |1978 || ''Coming Home'' || {{nom}} || |- |1979 || ''[[Being There (film)|Being There]]'' || {{nom}} |- |} '''Accolades received by films directed by Ashby''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="2"| '''Academy Awards''' ! colspan="2"| '''BAFTA Awards''' ! colspan="2"| '''Golden Globe Awards''' |- !Nominations !Wins !Nominations !Wins !Nominations !Wins |- |1970 |''[[The Landlord]]'' |align=center|1 | |align=center|1 | |align=center|1 | |- |1971 |''[[Harold and Maude]]'' | | |align=center|1 | |align=center|2 | |- |1973 |''[[The Last Detail]]'' |align=center|3 | |align=center|4 |align=center|2 |align=center|2 | |- |1975 |[[Shampoo (film)|''Shampoo'']] |align=center|4 |align=center|1 |align=center|1 | |align=center|5 | |- |1976 |[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|''Bound for Glory'']] |align=center|6 |align=center|2 | | |align=center|4 | |- |1978 |[[Coming Home (1978 film)|''Coming Home'']] |align=center|8 |align=center|3 | | |align=center|6 |align=center|2 |- |1979 |''[[Being There]]'' |align=center|2 |align=center|1 |align=center|4 |align=center|1 |align=center|6 |align=center|2 |- ! colspan="2"| '''Total''' !24 !7 !11 !3 !26 !4 |- |} '''Directed Academy Award Performances''' {| class="wikitable" !Year !Performer !Film !Result |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Actor]]''' |- |[[46th Academy Awards|1974]] |[[Jack Nicholson]] |''[[The Last Detail]]'' |{{nom}} |- |[[51st Academy Awards|1979]] |[[Jon Voight]] |[[Coming Home (1978 film)|''Coming Home'']] |{{won}} |- |[[52nd Academy Awards|1980]] |[[Peter Sellers]] |''[[Being There]]'' |{{nom}} |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]''' |- |[[46th Academy Awards|1974]] |[[Randy Quaid]] |''The Last Detail'' |{{nom}} |- |[[48th Academy Awards|1976]] |[[Jack Warden]] |[[Shampoo (film)|''Shampoo'']] |{{nom}} |- |[[51st Academy Awards|1979]] |[[Bruce Dern]] |''Coming Home'' |{{nom}} |- |[[52nd Academy Awards|1980]] |[[Melvyn Douglas]] |''Being There'' |{{won}} |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]''' |- |[[51st Academy Awards|1979]] |[[Jane Fonda]] |''Coming Home'' |{{won}} |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]''' |- |[[43rd Academy Awards|1971]] | rowspan="2"|[[Lee Grant]] |''[[The Landlord]]'' |{{nom}} |- |[[48th Academy Awards|1976]] |''Shampoo'' |{{won}} |- |[[51st Academy Awards|1979]] |[[Penelope Milford]] |''Coming Home'' |{{nom}} |- |} ==See also== * [[Hal Ashby's unrealized projects]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Bibliography== * {{cite book|last=Dawson|first=Nick|year=2009|title=Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|location=Lexington, Kentucky|isbn=9780813173344}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|797}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091020133637/http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/04/ashby.html Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091125041325/http://www.good.is/post/the_directors_director/ The Director's Director] – discussion by directors Ashby influenced * [http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/3112/hal-ashby Literature on Hal Ashby] * [http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue08/features/halashby/halashby-nf.htm Hal Ashby in Images Film Journal] – Article summarizing Ashby's career in Images Film Journal * [http://catalog.oscars.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=66267 Hal Ashby papers], Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences {{Hal Ashby}} {{AcademyAwardBestFilmEditing 1961–1980}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashby, Hal}} [[Category:American film editors]] [[Category:Artists from Ogden, Utah]] [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:1988 deaths]] [[Category:Film producers from Utah]] [[Category:Best Film Editing Academy Award winners]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Ogden, Utah]] [[Category:Counterculture of the 1970s]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer in California]] [[Category:Film directors from Utah]] [[Category:Filmmakers from Portland, Oregon]] [[Category:Former Latter Day Saints]] [[Category:20th-century American businesspeople]]
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