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mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corc_Roy_Hill" title="Corc Roy Hill – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Corc Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2" title="জর্জ রয় হিল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জর্জ রয় হিল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Джордж Рой Хил – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джордж Рой Хил" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="George Roy Hill" 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hreflang="es" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%84" title="جرج روی هیل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جرج روی هیل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_%EB%A1%9C%EC%9D%B4_%ED%9E%90" title="조지 로이 힐 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="조지 로이 힐" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%27_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9C" title="ג'ורג' רוי היל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'ורג' רוי היל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEord%C5%BEs_Rojs_Hills" title="Džordžs Rojs Hills – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džordžs Rojs Hills" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84" title="جورج هيل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جورج هيل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB" title="ジョージ・ロイ・ヒル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジョージ・ロイ・ヒル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="George Roy Hill" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roy_Hill" title="George Roy Hill – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="George Roy Hill" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%93%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB" title="Джордж Рой Гілл – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Джордж Рой Гілл" 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<abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1971)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Hill_(filmmaker)" title="Tim Hill (filmmaker)">Tim Hill</a> (nephew)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>George Roy Hill</b> (December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American actor and film director. </p><p>His films include <i><a href="/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid" title="Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid">Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</a></i> (1969) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sting" title="The Sting">The Sting</a></i> (1973), both starring <a href="/wiki/Paul_Newman" title="Paul Newman">Paul Newman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>; both films also earned him nominations for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Academy Award for Best Director">Academy Award for Best Director</a>, winning for the latter.<sup id="cite_ref-entertainment_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-entertainment-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hill also directed <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Henry_Orient" title="The World of Henry Orient">The World of Henry Orient</a></i> (1964), <i><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_(1966_film)" title="Hawaii (1966 film)">Hawaii</a></i> (1966), <i><a href="/wiki/Thoroughly_Modern_Millie" title="Thoroughly Modern Millie">Thoroughly Modern Millie</a></i> (1967), <i><a href="/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five_(film)" title="Slaughterhouse-Five (film)">Slaughterhouse-Five</a></i> (1972), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Waldo_Pepper" title="The Great Waldo Pepper">The Great Waldo Pepper</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="/wiki/Slap_Shot" title="Slap Shot">Slap Shot</a></i> (1977), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Romance" title="A Little Romance">A Little Romance</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_According_to_Garp_(film)" title="The World According to Garp (film)">The World According to Garp</a></i> (1982) and his final film <i><a href="/wiki/Funny_Farm_(film)" title="Funny Farm (film)">Funny Farm</a></i> (1988). According to one obituary "few directors achieved such fame and success... even fewer enjoyed such eminence for such a short period of time."<sup id="cite_ref-guard_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, Minnesota, to George Roy and Helen Frances (née Owens) Hill,<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> part of a well-to-do <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> family with interests in the newspaper business;<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the family owned the <a href="/wiki/Star_Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Tribune"><i>Minneapolis Tribune</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hill was no relation to <a href="/wiki/George_Hill_(director)" title="George Hill (director)">George W. Hill</a>, director and <a href="/wiki/Cinematographer" title="Cinematographer">cinematographer</a> of numerous silent movies and early sound films in the 1920s and early 1930s. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/The_Blake_School_(Minneapolis,_Minnesota)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Blake School (Minneapolis, Minnesota)">The Blake School</a>, one of Minnesota's most prestigious private schools,<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Music" title="Bachelor of Music">Bachelor of Music</a> in 1943. He received his master's degree in literature and music from <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Dublin" title="Trinity College Dublin">Trinity College Dublin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He had a love of flying. After school he liked to visit the airport, and his hobby was to memorize the records of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> flying aces.<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He idolized pilot <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Holman" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles W. Holman">Speed Holman</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who, Hill once explained, "used to make his approach to the spectators at state fairs flying past the grandstand upside down."<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hill obtained his pilot's license at the age of sixteen.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Airplanes featured prominently in his later films and are frequently crashed as well — in <i><a href="/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five_(film)" title="Slaughterhouse-Five (film)">Slaughterhouse-Five</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_According_to_Garp_(film)" title="The World According to Garp (film)">The World According to Garp</a></i> and especially <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Waldo_Pepper" title="The Great Waldo Pepper">The Great Waldo Pepper</a></i> which showed the influence on Hill of pilots like Speed Holman.<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hill loved classical music, especially <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Times_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as an undergraduate at Yale University studied music under notable composer <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hindemith" title="Paul Hindemith">Paul Hindemith</a>, graduating in 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His film <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Henry_Orient" title="The World of Henry Orient">The World of Henry Orient</a></i> contains a humorous spoof-like tease of Hindemith during the piano concerto scene of Henry Orient (<a href="/wiki/Peter_Sellers" title="Peter Sellers">Peter Sellers</a>). While at Yale, Hill was a member of <a href="/wiki/Delta_Kappa_Epsilon" title="Delta Kappa Epsilon">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Scroll_%26_Key" class="mw-redirect" title="Scroll & Key">Scroll & Key</a> Society and of <a href="/wiki/The_Spizzwinks(%3F)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Spizzwinks(?)">The Spizzwinks(?)</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Whiffenpoofs" title="The Whiffenpoofs">The Whiffenpoofs</a>, America's oldest collegiate <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> singing group.<sup id="cite_ref-super_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-super-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service">Military service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Hill served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> as a transport pilot with <a href="/wiki/VMR-152" title="VMR-152">VMR-152</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">South Pacific</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> resulted in his recall to active duty service for 18 months as a <a href="/wiki/Night_fighter" title="Night fighter">night fighter</a> pilot, attaining the rank of major.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war, he was stationed at the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Cherry_Point" title="Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point">Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point</a> jet flight-training center in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After being discharged, Hill worked as a newspaper reporter in <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, then took advantage of the <a href="/wiki/GI_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="GI Bill">GI Bill</a> to do graduate work at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College, Dublin">Trinity College, Dublin</a>, studying <a href="/wiki/James_Joyce" title="James Joyce">James Joyce</a>'s use of music in <i><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_(novel)" title="Ulysses (novel)">Ulysses</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Finnegans_Wake" title="Finnegans Wake">Finnegans Wake</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some sources say he graduated in 1949 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> in literature.<sup id="cite_ref-CBSobit_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBSobit-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other sources say his thesis was never completed because he became sidetracked by the <a href="/wiki/Irish_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish theater">Irish theater</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making his stage debut as a walk-on part in 1947<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the <a href="/wiki/Gaiety_Theatre,_Dublin" title="Gaiety Theatre, Dublin">Gaiety Theatre, Dublin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Times_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Cusack" title="Cyril Cusack">Cyril Cusack</a>'s company in a production of <a href="/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw" title="George Bernard Shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Disciple_(play)" title="The Devil's Disciple (play)">The Devil's Disciple</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had a leading role in <i>Raven of Wicklow</i> by <a href="/wiki/Bridget_G._MacCarthy" title="Bridget G. MacCarthy">Bridget G. MacCarthy</a> in the same theater in February 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Actor">Actor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Actor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On his return to the U.S., Hill studied theatre at <a href="/wiki/HB_Studio" title="HB Studio">HB Studio</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. He acted <a href="/wiki/Off_Broadway" class="mw-redirect" title="Off Broadway">Off Broadway</a> and toured with <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Webster" title="Margaret Webster">Margaret Webster</a>'s Shakespeare Repertory Company. He appeared on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway theater">Broadway</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_II_(play)" title="Richard II (play)">Richard II</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew" title="The Taming of the Shrew">The Taming of the Shrew</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/August_Strindberg" title="August Strindberg">August Strindberg</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Creditors_(play)" title="Creditors (play)">Creditors</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Bea_Arthur" title="Bea Arthur">Bea Arthur</a>). </p><p>In 1952 he featured in a supporting role in the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_(film_industry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood (film industry)">Hollywood</a> movie <i><a href="/wiki/Walk_East_on_Beacon" title="Walk East on Beacon">Walk East on Beacon</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and appeared in episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Lux_Video_Theatre" title="Lux Video Theatre">Lux Video Theatre</a></i> including "The Doctor's Wife", "Man at Bay" and "Masquerade". He also acted in episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Kraft_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Kraft Theatre">Kraft Theatre</a></i> such as "The Golden Slate". He also acted on radio,<sup id="cite_ref-guard_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including portraying Ned on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Doctor%27s_Wife_(radio_series)" title="The Doctor's Wife (radio series)">The Doctor's Wife</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_and_theatre_director">Television and theatre director</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Television and theatre director"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hill used his Korean War experience as the basis for a TV drama, "My Brother's Keeper", which appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/Kraft_Television_Theatre" title="Kraft Television Theatre">Kraft Television Theatre</a></i>, with Hill himself in the cast. During his military service at Cherry Point, he had had to be 'talked down' by a ground controller at <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> airport, an incident that led to his writing the screenplay. The episode was performed and transmitted live in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his <a href="/wiki/Demobilisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Demobilisation">demobilisation</a>, he joined the <i>Kraft Television Theatre</i> as a writer, one of his scripts included <i><a href="/wiki/Keep_Our_Honor_Bright" title="Keep Our Honor Bright">Keep Our Honor Bright</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later directed episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Ponds_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Ponds Theater">Ponds Theater</a></i> ("Time of the Drought"), and <i>Lux Video Theatre</i> ("The Creaking Gate", "Not All Your Tears", "The Happy Man".) Hill returned to Broadway in 1957 as director of the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning play <i><a href="/wiki/Look_Homeward,_Angel_(play)" title="Look Homeward, Angel (play)">Look Homeward, Angel</a></i>. Starring <a href="/wiki/Jo_Van_Fleet" title="Jo Van Fleet">Jo Van Fleet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Perkins" title="Anthony Perkins">Anthony Perkins</a>, this ran for 564 performances.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hill continued to direct television, most notably episodes of <i>Kraft Theatre</i> including "Eleven O'Clock Flight", "The Devil as a Roaring Lion", "Good Old Charlie Faye", "<a href="/wiki/A_Night_to_Remember_(TV_play)" class="mw-redirect" title="A Night to Remember (TV play)">A Night to Remember</a>", an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Walter_Lord" title="Walter Lord">Walter Lord</a>'s book about the sinking of the <a href="/wiki/RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="RMS Titanic">Titanic</a><sup id="cite_ref-Times_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (of which Hill also co-wrote the teleplay). In addition he did "Man on the White Horse", "Carnival", and "A Real Fine Cutting Edge" with <a href="/wiki/George_Peppard" title="George Peppard">George Peppard</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kaiser_Aluminum_Hour" title="The Kaiser Aluminum Hour">The Kaiser Aluminum Hour</a></i>. Hill's work on "A Night to Remember" earned him two <a href="/wiki/Emmy" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy">Emmy</a> nominations for writing and directing at the <a href="/wiki/9th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="9th Primetime Emmy Awards">9th Primetime Emmy Awards</a>. He directed some famous episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Playhouse_90" title="Playhouse 90">Playhouse 90</a></i> including "<a href="/wiki/Helen_Morgan_(Playhouse_90)" title="Helen Morgan (Playhouse 90)">The Helen Morgan Story</a>" (1957), "<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Clear_Chance_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Last Clear Chance (Playhouse 90)">The Last Clear Chance</a>" (1958), "<a href="/wiki/Child_of_Our_Time_(Playhouse_90)" title="Child of Our Time (Playhouse 90)">Child of Our Time</a>" (1958), and "<a href="/wiki/Judgment_at_Nuremberg_(Playhouse_90)" title="Judgment at Nuremberg (Playhouse 90)">Judgment at Nuremberg</a>" (1959). </p><p>Hill then focused on theatre, directing the Broadway productions of <i>The Gang's All Here</i> (1960) with <a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas" title="Melvyn Douglas">Melvyn Douglas</a> (132 performances), <i><a href="/wiki/Greenwillow" title="Greenwillow">Greenwillow</a></i> (1960) with <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Perkins" title="Anthony Perkins">Anthony Perkins</a> (97 performances) and <i><a href="/wiki/Period_of_Adjustment" title="Period of Adjustment">Period of Adjustment</a></i> (1961) by <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a>, which ran for 132 performances. He replaced <a href="/wiki/Elia_Kazan" title="Elia Kazan">Elia Kazan</a> for the latter.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Feature_film_director">Feature film director</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Feature film director"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Newman_and_Roy_Hill,_RIT_NandE_1976_Jul12_Complete.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Paul_Newman_and_Roy_Hill%2C_RIT_NandE_1976_Jul12_Complete.jpg/220px-Paul_Newman_and_Roy_Hill%2C_RIT_NandE_1976_Jul12_Complete.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Paul_Newman_and_Roy_Hill%2C_RIT_NandE_1976_Jul12_Complete.jpg/330px-Paul_Newman_and_Roy_Hill%2C_RIT_NandE_1976_Jul12_Complete.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Paul_Newman_and_Roy_Hill%2C_RIT_NandE_1976_Jul12_Complete.jpg/440px-Paul_Newman_and_Roy_Hill%2C_RIT_NandE_1976_Jul12_Complete.jpg 2x" data-file-width="737" data-file-height="1130" /></a><figcaption>Hill (right) with actor <a href="/wiki/Paul_Newman" title="Paul Newman">Paul Newman</a> on the set of <i><a href="/wiki/Slap_Shot" title="Slap Shot">Slap Shot</a></i> in 1976</figcaption></figure> <p>Hill's success as a theatre director led to his first feature as director – the film version of <i><a href="/wiki/Period_of_Adjustment_(film)" title="Period of Adjustment (film)">Period of Adjustment</a></i> (1962).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starring <a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hutton" title="Jim Hutton">Jim Hutton</a>, it was a box office success.<sup id="cite_ref-Mannix_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mannix-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was meant to follow with an adaptation of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Third_Reich" title="The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich">The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Shirer" class="mw-redirect" title="William Shirer">William Shirer</a> at <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">MGM</a> for producer <a href="/wiki/John_Houseman" title="John Houseman">John Houseman</a> but it was not made.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In light of that his next project was an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Lillian_Hellman" title="Lillian Hellman">Lillian Hellman</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Toys_in_the_Attic_(1963_film)" title="Toys in the Attic (1963 film)">Toys in the Attic</a></i> (1963) starring Dean Martin.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hill's next step was a movie based on the novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Henry_Orient" title="The World of Henry Orient">The World of Henry Orient</a></i> (1964). Hill and producer <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Hellman" title="Jerome Hellman">Jerome Hellman</a> bought the rights for their own Pan Arts Company.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movie was critically acclaimed but was a commercial disappointment. </p><p>Hill was hired to direct the blockbuster <i><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_(1966_film)" title="Hawaii (1966 film)">Hawaii</a></i> (1966) after <a href="/wiki/Fred_Zinnemann" title="Fred Zinnemann">Fred Zinnemann</a> pulled out.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reportedly, when budget estimates reached $14 million, the producers attempted to replace Hill with <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hiller" title="Arthur Hiller">Arthur Hiller</a>, but abandoned the idea after hundreds of native <a href="/wiki/Polynesians" title="Polynesians">Polynesians</a> in the cast went on strike, declaring: "We can and will perform only for our friend, Monsieur Hill."<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movie was a huge commercial success. Hill rebuilt his Hollywood reputation with the <a href="/wiki/Julie_Andrews" title="Julie Andrews">Julie Andrews</a> musical <i><a href="/wiki/Thoroughly_Modern_Millie" title="Thoroughly Modern Millie">Thoroughly Modern Millie</a></i> (1967) produced by <a href="/wiki/Ross_Hunter" title="Ross Hunter">Ross Hunter</a>. Hill was fired during the editing process because he wanted to make the film shorter, whereas Universal wanted to turn it into a <a href="/wiki/Roadshow_theatrical_release" title="Roadshow theatrical release">roadshow production</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tread_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tread-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However it was a solid box office hit.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He returned to Broadway to direct <i><a href="/wiki/Henry,_Sweet_Henry" title="Henry, Sweet Henry">Henry, Sweet Henry</a></i> (1967), a musical version of <i>The World of Henry Orient</i>, but it only lasted for 80 performances. He was meant to follow that with a film called <i>Hamburger Dreams</i>, about a screenwriter in 1930s Hollywood, but it was never made.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, Hill had a huge commercial success with <i><a href="/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid" title="Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid">Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</a></i> (1969), based on a script by <a href="/wiki/William_Goldman" title="William Goldman">William Goldman</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Paul_Newman" title="Paul Newman">Paul Newman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>. The film received seven <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nominations, including ones for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Academy Award for Best Director">Best Director</a>, and won four, including for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song">Best Original Song</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Raindrops_Keep_Fallin%27_on_My_Head" title="Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head">Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head</a>" at the <a href="/wiki/42nd_Academy_Awards" title="42nd Academy Awards">42nd Academy Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-super_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-super-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1970, he said a common theme of his films was innocence vs evil.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hill followed it with <i><a href="/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five_(film)" title="Slaughterhouse-Five (film)">Slaughterhouse-Five</a></i> (1972). "Most of the characters in my film are not too bright," he said in a 1972 interview.<sup id="cite_ref-tread_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tread-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hill was reunited with Newman and Redford in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sting" title="The Sting">The Sting</a></i> (1973), which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director at the <a href="/wiki/46th_Academy_Awards" title="46th Academy Awards">46th Academy Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The success of <i>Butch Cassidy</i> and <i>The Sting</i> meant that, for a time, Hill was the only director in history to have made two of the top 10 money-making films.<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hill disliked tardiness on set. Paul Newman said of his time (as <a href="/wiki/Butch_Cassidy" title="Butch Cassidy">Butch Cassidy</a>) on <i>Butch Cassidy</i>: "If you weren’t on time, he’d take you up in his airplane. Scare the bejesus out of us."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Waldo_Pepper" title="The Great Waldo Pepper">The Great Waldo Pepper</a></i> (1975) was based on a story by Hill, with a script by <a href="/wiki/William_Goldman" title="William Goldman">William Goldman</a> and starring Robert Redford. However, it was a commercial disappointment. Around that time he said in an interview: "Just as I play nothing but Bach for pleasure, so do I read nothing but history for pleasure. I like to be able to sit back and pick out the most fascinating facets of an era. You have a better perspective. In the present, you get too caught up in the heat of the emotions of the moment."<sup id="cite_ref-Times_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1974, Hill signed an exclusive five-year contract with <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal</a> to make projects following <i>Pepper</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Why shouldn't we give George that kind of deal?" said studio executive <a href="/wiki/Jennings_Lang" title="Jennings Lang">Jennings Lang</a>. "He's the complete filmmaker. He can put a blank piece of paper in the typewriter and make a movie out of it up to and including the music."<sup id="cite_ref-entertainment_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-entertainment-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hill made <i><a href="/wiki/Slap_Shot" title="Slap Shot">Slap Shot</a></i> (1977), a popular sports comedy with Paul Newman.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His next film was <i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Romance" title="A Little Romance">A Little Romance</a></i> (1979), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_According_to_Garp_(film)" title="The World According to Garp (film)">The World According to Garp</a></i> (1982), with <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Close" title="Glenn Close">Glenn Close</a>, in her film debut. He also directed <i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Girl_(film)" title="The Little Drummer Girl (film)">The Little Drummer Girl</a></i> (1984) with <a href="/wiki/Diane_Keaton" title="Diane Keaton">Diane Keaton</a>. </p><p>His last film was <i><a href="/wiki/Funny_Farm_(film)" title="Funny Farm (film)">Funny Farm</a></i> (1988) with <a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase" title="Chevy Chase">Chevy Chase</a>. Screenwriter <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Boam" title="Jeffrey Boam">Jeffrey Boam</a> said, "George wanted to do a much classier version than I ever imagined it to be. I imagined it to be a little cruder, more low-brow humor, rougher and more like the movies Chevy was doing at the time, but George was a classy guy and he wasn’t going to do that ... I think a lot of Chevy’s fans were let down because it wasn’t as raucous and vulgar as they might have expected."<sup id="cite_ref-boam_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boam-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his later years he taught drama at Yale.<sup id="cite_ref-guard_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Margaret Webster theatre company, Hill met <a href="/wiki/Louisa_Horton" title="Louisa Horton">Louisa Horton</a>, whom he married on April 7, 1951. They later divorced. Hill was survived by Horton, their two sons, including George Roy Hill III and John Hill, two daughters, and 12 grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-CBSobit_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBSobit-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his second return to civilian life, Hill bought an open-cockpit <a href="/wiki/Waco_Aircraft_Company#Standard_Cabin_Biplanes" title="Waco Aircraft Company">Waco biplane</a> built in 1930, which he retained until about ten years before his death.<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hill died from complications of <a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's disease</a> at his home on the <a href="/wiki/Upper_East_Side" title="Upper East Side">Upper East Side</a> of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> on December 27, 2002, aged 81.<sup id="cite_ref-NY_Times_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY_Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Director </th> <th>Producer </th> <th>Writer </th></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Period_of_Adjustment_(film)" title="Period of Adjustment (film)">Period of Adjustment</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Toys_in_the_Attic_(1963_film)" title="Toys in the Attic (1963 film)">Toys in the Attic</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Henry_Orient" title="The World of Henry Orient">The World of Henry Orient</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_(1966_film)" title="Hawaii (1966 film)">Hawaii</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Thoroughly_Modern_Millie" title="Thoroughly Modern Millie">Thoroughly Modern Millie</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid" title="Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid">Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five_(film)" title="Slaughterhouse-Five (film)">Slaughterhouse-Five</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sting" title="The Sting">The Sting</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Waldo_Pepper" title="The Great Waldo Pepper">The Great Waldo Pepper</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Story </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Slap_Shot" title="Slap Shot">Slap Shot</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Romance" title="A Little Romance">A Little Romance</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_According_to_Garp_(film)" title="The World According to Garp (film)">The World According to Garp</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Girl_(film)" title="The Little Drummer Girl (film)">The Little Drummer Girl</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Funny_Farm_(film)" title="Funny Farm (film)">Funny Farm</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Actor</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Walk_East_on_Beacon!" class="mw-redirect" title="Walk East on Beacon!">Walk East on Beacon!</a></i> (1952): Nicholas Wilben</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_According_to_Garp_(film)" title="The World According to Garp (film)">The World According to Garp</a></i> (1982): Pilot <i>(uncredited)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Awards and nominations received by Roy Hill's films </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Title </th> <th colspan="2" width="160" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> </th> <th colspan="2" width="160" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">BAFTA Awards</a> </th> <th colspan="2" width="160" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Nominations </th> <th>Wins </th> <th>Nominations </th> <th>Wins </th> <th>Nominations </th> <th>Wins </th></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><i>Period of Adjustment</i> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i>Toys in the Attic</i> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><i>The World of Henry Orient</i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i>Hawaii</i> </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i>Thoroughly Modern Millie</i> </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</i> </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center">10 </td> <td align="center">9 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i>Slaughterhouse-Five</i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i>The Sting</i> </td> <td align="center">10 </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td><i>A Little Romance</i> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i>The World According to Garp</i> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="center">37 </th> <th align="center">13 </th> <th align="center">10 </th> <th align="center">9 </th> <th align="center">21 </th> <th align="center">4 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Academy Awards</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/42nd_Academy_Awards" title="42nd Academy Awards">1969</a> </td> <td><i>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</i> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Academy Award for Best Director">Best Director</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/46th_Academy_Awards" title="46th Academy Awards">1973</a> </td> <td><i>The Sting</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>BAFTA Awards</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/24th_British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="24th British Academy Film Awards">1969</a> </td> <td><i>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Direction" title="BAFTA Award for Best Direction">Best Direction</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Roy_Hill&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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(Mar 16, 1975) The Entertainer. <i>New York Times Magazine</i>, SM15. "Certainly George Roy Hill's pictures have been an important influence in showing the industry that what the public wants is a good story." 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'Picnic' Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times December 8, 1961: C13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mannix-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mannix_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><i>The Eddie Mannix Ledger</i>, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Eddie+Mannix+Ledger&rft.place=Los+Angeles&rft.pub=Margaret+Herrick+Library%2C+Center+for+Motion+Picture+Study&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Roy+Hill" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">TV DIRECTOR SET FOR MOVIE DEBUT: George Hill Will Oversee Filming of Play and Book By HOWARD THOMPSON. New York Times December 2, 1961: 16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yvette Plays in 'Toys in the Attic' Los Angeles Times October 9, 1962: C9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">BY WAY OF REPORT: 'Orient' in Manhattan --Other Film Matters Of 'Charlemagne' By A. H. WEILER. New York Times April 14, 1963: 103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"'Hawaii's' Direction by George Roy Hill: O'Briens Talk Pirandello; Who Needs Public Domain?". Scheuer, Philip K. <i>Los Angeles Times</i> April 27, 1964: C19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tread-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tread_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tread_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Don't tread on George Roy Hill". Vernon, Scott. <i>Chicago Tribune</i> May 21, 1972: m20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Big Rental Films of 1967", <i>Variety</i>, January 3, 1968, p 25. Please note these figures refer to <a href="/wiki/Gross_rental" class="mw-redirect" title="Gross rental">rentals accruing to the distributors</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Director for 'Hamburger' Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times May 8, 1967: e36.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A Partisan of the New-Old West Blume, Mary. Los Angeles Times March 15, 1970: p51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHurst2006" class="citation news cs1">Hurst, Greg (July 27, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110517061419/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article693084.ece">"Interview"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article693084.ece">the original</a> on May 17, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 3,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Interview&rft.date=2006-07-27&rft.aulast=Hurst&rft.aufirst=Greg&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fentertainment.timesonline.co.uk%2Ftol%2Farts_and_entertainment%2Ffilm%2Farticle693084.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Roy+Hill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hill in Pact With Universal Los Angeles Times August 9, 1974: f14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Movies: <i>Hill gauges acting intensity of his stars</i>. Siskel, Gene. Chicago Tribune April 10, 1977: e5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-boam-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-boam_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFerrante2013" class="citation web cs1">Ferrante, A.C. (May 1, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.assignmentx.com/2013/exclusive-interview-the-last-crusade-of-screenwriter-jeffrey-boam/">"Exclusive Interview:The Last Crusade of Jeffrey Boam"</a>. <i>Assignment X</i>. Midnight Productions<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Modern Millie">Thoroughly Modern Millie</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid" title="Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid">Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five_(film)" title="Slaughterhouse-Five (film)">Slaughterhouse-Five</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sting" title="The Sting">The Sting</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Waldo_Pepper" title="The Great Waldo Pepper">The Great Waldo Pepper</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slap_Shot" title="Slap Shot">Slap Shot</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Romance" title="A Little Romance">A Little Romance</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_According_to_Garp_(film)" title="The World According to Garp (film)">The World According to Garp</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Girl_(film)" title="The Little Drummer Girl (film)">The Little Drummer Girl</a></i> 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(1928/29)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Milestone" title="Lewis Milestone">Lewis Milestone</a> (1929/30)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Taurog" title="Norman Taurog">Norman Taurog</a> (1930/31)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Borzage" title="Frank Borzage">Frank Borzage</a> (1931/32)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lloyd" title="Frank Lloyd">Frank Lloyd</a> (1932/33)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Capra" title="Frank Capra">Frank Capra</a> (1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Ford" title="John Ford">John Ford</a> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Capra" title="Frank Capra">Frank Capra</a> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leo_McCarey" title="Leo McCarey">Leo McCarey</a> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Capra" title="Frank Capra">Frank Capra</a> (1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Fleming" title="Victor Fleming">Victor Fleming</a> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Ford" title="John Ford">John Ford</a> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Ford" title="John Ford">John Ford</a> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Wyler" title="William Wyler">William Wyler</a> (1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Curtiz" title="Michael Curtiz">Michael Curtiz</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leo_McCarey" title="Leo McCarey">Leo McCarey</a> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> (1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Wyler" title="William Wyler">William Wyler</a> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elia_Kazan" title="Elia Kazan">Elia Kazan</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Huston" title="John Huston">John Huston</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a> (1950)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1951–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Stevens" title="George Stevens">George Stevens</a> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Ford" title="John Ford">John Ford</a> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Zinnemann" title="Fred Zinnemann">Fred Zinnemann</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elia_Kazan" title="Elia Kazan">Elia Kazan</a> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Delbert_Mann" title="Delbert Mann">Delbert Mann</a> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Stevens" title="George Stevens">George Stevens</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vincente_Minnelli" title="Vincente Minnelli">Vincente Minnelli</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Wyler" title="William Wyler">William Wyler</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Robbins" title="Jerome Robbins">Jerome Robbins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Richardson" title="Tony Richardson">Tony Richardson</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Cukor" title="George Cukor">George Cukor</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Zinnemann" title="Fred Zinnemann">Fred Zinnemann</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carol_Reed" title="Carol Reed">Carol Reed</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Schlesinger" title="John Schlesinger">John Schlesinger</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_J._Schaffner" title="Franklin J. Schaffner">Franklin J. Schaffner</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Friedkin" title="William Friedkin">William Friedkin</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Fosse" title="Bob Fosse">Bob Fosse</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Roy Hill</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola" title="Francis Ford Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Forman" title="Miloš Forman">Miloš Forman</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_G._Avildsen" title="John G. Avildsen">John G. Avildsen</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cimino" title="Michael Cimino">Michael Cimino</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Attenborough" title="Richard Attenborough">Richard Attenborough</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Forman" title="Miloš Forman">Miloš Forman</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Pollack" title="Sydney Pollack">Sydney Pollack</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernardo_Bertolucci" title="Bernardo Bertolucci">Bernardo Bertolucci</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Costner" title="Kevin Costner">Kevin Costner</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Demme" title="Jonathan Demme">Jonathan Demme</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Zemeckis" title="Robert Zemeckis">Robert Zemeckis</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Gibson" title="Mel Gibson">Mel Gibson</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Minghella" title="Anthony Minghella">Anthony Minghella</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Cameron" title="James Cameron">James Cameron</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mendes" title="Sam Mendes">Sam Mendes</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh" title="Steven Soderbergh">Steven Soderbergh</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Polanski" title="Roman Polanski">Roman Polanski</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Jackson" title="Peter Jackson">Peter Jackson</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen and Ethan Coen</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Boyle" title="Danny Boyle">Danny Boyle</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Bigelow" title="Kathryn Bigelow">Kathryn Bigelow</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hooper" title="Tom Hooper">Tom Hooper</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michel_Hazanavicius" title="Michel Hazanavicius">Michel Hazanavicius</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n" title="Alfonso Cuarón">Alfonso Cuarón</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu" title="Alejandro González Iñárritu">Alejandro González Iñárritu</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu" title="Alejandro González Iñárritu">Alejandro González Iñárritu</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Damien_Chazelle" title="Damien Chazelle">Damien Chazelle</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro" title="Guillermo del Toro">Guillermo del Toro</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n" title="Alfonso Cuarón">Alfonso Cuarón</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bong_Joon-ho" title="Bong Joon-ho">Bong Joon-ho</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chlo%C3%A9_Zhao" title="Chloé Zhao">Chloé Zhao</a> (2020/21)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Campion" title="Jane Campion">Jane Campion</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniels_(directors)" title="Daniels (directors)">Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert</a> (2022)</span></li> 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href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Schlesinger" title="John Schlesinger">John Schlesinger</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Roy Hill</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Schlesinger" title="John Schlesinger">John Schlesinger</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Fosse" title="Bob Fosse">Bob Fosse</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Truffaut" title="François Truffaut">François Truffaut</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Polanski" title="Roman Polanski">Roman Polanski</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick" title="Stanley Kubrick">Stanley Kubrick</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Forman" title="Miloš Forman">Miloš Forman</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Parker" title="Alan Parker">Alan Parker</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola" title="Francis Ford Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa" title="Akira Kurosawa">Akira Kurosawa</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Malle" title="Louis Malle">Louis Malle</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Attenborough" title="Richard Attenborough">Richard Attenborough</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Forsyth" title="Bill Forsyth">Bill Forsyth</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wim_Wenders" title="Wim Wenders">Wim Wenders</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award 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title="Mike Newell (director)">Mike Newell</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Radford" title="Michael Radford">Michael Radford</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Baz_Luhrmann" title="Baz Luhrmann">Baz Luhrmann</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Weir" title="Peter Weir">Peter Weir</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Almod%C3%B3var" title="Pedro Almodóvar">Pedro Almodóvar</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%;background: #C5B358">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Jackson" title="Peter Jackson">Peter Jackson</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Polanski" title="Roman Polanski">Roman Polanski</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Weir" title="Peter Weir">Peter Weir</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Leigh" title="Mike Leigh">Mike Leigh</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ang_Lee" title="Ang Lee">Ang Lee</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Greengrass" title="Paul Greengrass">Paul Greengrass</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen and Ethan Coen</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Boyle" title="Danny Boyle">Danny Boyle</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Bigelow" title="Kathryn Bigelow">Kathryn Bigelow</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Fincher" title="David Fincher">David Fincher</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michel_Hazanavicius" title="Michel Hazanavicius">Michel Hazanavicius</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n" title="Alfonso Cuarón">Alfonso Cuarón</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Linklater" title="Richard Linklater">Richard Linklater</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu" title="Alejandro González Iñárritu">Alejandro G. Iñárritu</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Damien_Chazelle" title="Damien Chazelle">Damien Chazelle</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro" title="Guillermo del Toro">Guillermo del Toro</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n" title="Alfonso Cuarón">Alfonso Cuarón</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mendes" title="Sam Mendes">Sam Mendes</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chlo%C3%A9_Zhao" title="Chloé Zhao">Chloé Zhao</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Campion" title="Jane Campion">Jane Campion</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Berger" title="Edward Berger">Edward Berger</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Nolan" title="Christopher Nolan">Christopher Nolan</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_–_Feature_Film115" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #ABCDEF"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_Feature_Film" title="Template:Directors Guild of America Award Feature Film"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_Feature_Film" title="Template talk:Directors Guild of America Award Feature Film"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_Feature_Film" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Directors Guild of America Award Feature Film"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_–_Feature_Film115" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_%E2%80%93_Feature_Film" title="Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film">Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1948–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rossen" title="Robert Rossen">Robert Rossen</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Stevens" title="George Stevens">George Stevens</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ford" title="John Ford">John Ford</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Zinnemann" title="Fred Zinnemann">Fred Zinnemann</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elia_Kazan" title="Elia Kazan">Elia Kazan</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delbert_Mann" title="Delbert Mann">Delbert Mann</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Stevens" title="George Stevens">George Stevens</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincente_Minnelli" title="Vincente Minnelli">Vincente Minnelli</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wyler" title="William Wyler">William Wyler</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Robbins" title="Jerome Robbins">Jerome Robbins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Richardson" title="Tony Richardson">Tony Richardson</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cukor" title="George Cukor">George Cukor</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Zinnemann" title="Fred Zinnemann">Fred Zinnemann</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Harvey" title="Anthony Harvey">Anthony Harvey</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schlesinger" title="John Schlesinger">John Schlesinger</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_J._Schaffner" title="Franklin J. 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Avildsen</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cimino" title="Michael Cimino">Michael Cimino</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Attenborough" title="Richard Attenborough">Richard Attenborough</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. 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