Walter Hill

Directing · Born 1942-01-10 · Long Beach, California, USA

Biography

Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Hill is known for male-dominated action films and revival of the Western. He said in an interview, "Every film I've done has been a Western," and elaborated in another, "The Western is ultimately a stripped down moral universe that is, whatever the dramatic problems are, beyond the normal avenues of social control and social alleviation of the problem, and I like to do that even within contemporary stories." Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Hill (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

• Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026)
• Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story (2021)
• Friedkin Uncut (2018)
• Baby Driver (2017)
• Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable (2017)
• Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited (2013)
• Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' (2007)
• The Warriors: Battleground (2007)
• The Warriors: The Way Home (2007)
• The Warriors: The Beginning (2007)
• The Warriors: The Phenomenon (2007)
• Becoming John Ford (2007)
• East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco (2004)
• Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997)
• Messiah of Evil (1975)
• Directed by John Ford (1971)
• The G.I. Executioner (1971)
• Will He Live or Will He Die: Walter Hill on Southern Comfort
• Prisoners of Gravity (1989)