Taylor Hackford

Biography

Taylor Edwin Hackford is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Teenage Father (1979). Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, including An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), The Devil's Advocate (1997) and Ray (2004), for the latter of which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Awards & recognition

• ★Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1979
• ☆Academy Award — Best Director · 2005 · nominated
• ☆Academy Award — Best Picture · 2005 · nominated
• ☆Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1979 · nominated