Arthur Hiller

Arthur Hiller

Born: November 22, 1923
Died: August 17, 2016
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Arthur Hiller, OC, was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as Love Story (1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars.

Hiller collaborated on a number of films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon. Among his other notable films were The Americanization of Emily (1964), Tobruk (1967), The Hospital (1971), The Out-of-Towners (1970), Plaza Suite (1971), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Silver Streak (1976), The In-Laws (1979) and Outrageous Fortune (1987).

Hiller served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997. He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2002. An annual film festival in Hiller's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater, Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts.

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Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood
Title: Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: September 29, 2014
Type: Movie
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Lunch
Title: Lunch
Character: Himself
Released: November 9, 2012
Type: Movie
For the past 40 years, a group of comedy writers and directors has gathered every other Wednesday for lunch - and other nourishment. These are the fabled guys that made America funny.
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Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Title: Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 2009
Type: Movie
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Speakeasy
Title: Speakeasy
Character: Tobias Prappas
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
After being randomly brought together in a car accident, two strangers develop a friendship based on their shared relationship with a deaf man. This common bond will lead them down a new path of personal awakening... and force them to each confront secrets buried in the past!
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Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Title: Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Character: Evangelist
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
In 1970s Atlanta, a diminutive gay man tries to find succor from the small-town religion that filled him with self-loathing. He meets Miss Make-Do, who teaches him the fun of reckless behavior and emotional management via getting higher than a kite. The film features a host of cameos from John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Kathy Kinney and others.
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Land of the Free
Title: Land of the Free
Character: Judge
Released: November 24, 1998
Type: Movie
A politician's campaign manager (Speakman) discovers that the candidate (Shatner) is a front for a military organization plotting a political overthrow of the government. In trying to expose the candidate's right-wing activities, he puts himself and his family in danger of being killed.
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Merchants of Venus
Title: Merchants of Venus
Character: Reverend Phillips
Released: March 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A Russian immigrant finds himself in bed with the mob after buying a sexual novelties shop.
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Pitch
Title: Pitch
Character: Himself
Released: September 4, 1997
Type: Movie
A Canadian documentary featuring two young filmmakers attending the Toronto Film Festival to pitch a film concept to various celebrities. Their film idea, titled "The Don", concerns a Mafia don who goes for a hernia operation but gets a sex change instead. During the 1996 Toronto Fest, they approach Roger Ebert, Norman Jewison (at a packed press conference), Eric Stoltz (leaving a limo), Al Pacino, and others without much success. On a roll, they leave Toronto for Hollywood, getting advice from Arthur Hiller and Neil Simon and finding an agent who expresses interest in their pitch.
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Blacks and Jews
Title: Blacks and Jews
Character: Self
Released: July 29, 1997
Type: Movie
This documentary attempts to go beyond the sensationalized media coverage and the stereotypes to examine several key conflicts from the point of view of both Black and Jewish activists.
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Frank Capra's American Dream
Title: Frank Capra's American Dream
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
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Beverly Hills Cop III
Title: Beverly Hills Cop III
Character: Bar Patron
Released: May 24, 1994
Type: Movie
When his boss is killed, Detroit cop Axel Foley finds evidence that the murderer had ties to a California amusement park called Wonder World. Returning to sunny Beverly Hills once more, Foley reunites with Detective Billy Rosewood to solve the case. Along with Billy's new partner, Detective Jon Flint, they discover that Wonder World is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring.
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Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Title: Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Character: Dale 'Diz' Corbett
Released: October 12, 1980
Type: Movie
A TV reporter arrives in the quiet town of Stepford to launch an investigation into why the town has the lowest divorce and crime rates in America. However, she begins to notice some bizarre behavior in the women of the town, discovering that Stepford is not as clean-cut as it seems.
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Action on the Beach
Title: Action on the Beach
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes look at the D-Day special effects created in filming The Americanization of Emily (1964).
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.