Walter Hill

Walter Hill is a producer, realizer and American scenario writer, born the January 10th 1942 with Long Beach, in California (the United States).

Biography

He begins his cinematographic career in 1967 as a realizer of second team on the Business Thomas Crown , followed Bullitt . With beginning of the year 70, it scénarise the Ambush for Sam Peckinpah, according to the novel of Jim Thompson. It passes to the setting in scene in 1975 with the Brawler . In 1979 it carries out film become worship, the Warriors of the night then produced and scénarise Alien - the eighth passenger , of Ridley Scott. It often joined Ry Cooder for its film musics.

Catalog of films

like realizer

1975 : the Brawler ( Hardware Times )
1978: Driver ( The Driver )
1979: Warriors of the night ( The warriors )
1980: the Gang of the brothers James ( long The riders )
1981: Without return ( Southern Comfort )
1982: 48 hours ( 48 Hours )
1984: Streets of fire ( Streets off Fire )
1985: How claquer a dollar million per day ( Brewster' S million)
1986: Crossroads
1987 : Extreme damage ( Extreme Damage )
1988: Double relaxation ( Red Heat )
1989: Tales of the crypt ( Bruise from the crypt ) (episodes Cutting cards , Deadline and The man who was death )
1989: Johnny beautiful mouth ( Johnny Handsome )
1990: 48 hours more ( Another 48 hours )
1992: the Plunderers ( Trespass )
1993: Geronimo ( Geronimo: Year American legend )
1995: Wild Bill
1996 : Last recourse ( Last man standing )
1997: Perversions off science (series TV)
2000: Supernova
2002: Only one will become invincible ( Undisputed )
2002: The Prophecy
2004 : Deadwood (series TV)

as scenario writer

1972 : Hickey & Boggs
1972: the Ambush ( The Getaway ) (according to a news of Jim Thompson)
1973: the robber who comes to dine ( The Thief who like to dine ) (according to a news of Terrence Lore Smith)
1973: the Trap ( The Mackintosh man ) (according to a news of Desmond Bagley)
1975: the Cobweb ( The Drowning pool ) (according to a news of Ross Macdonald)
1975: the Brawler ( Hardware times ) (Co-writing with Bryan Gindoff and Bruce Henstell)
1977: Dog and cat (series TV) (creative. Co-writing with Tom Greene)
1977: Dog and cat (telefilm) (Co-writing with Heywood Gould)
1978: Driver ( The driver )
1979: Warriors of the night ( The warriors ) (Co-writing with David Shaber according to a news of Ground Yurick)
1980: the Gang of the brothers James ( long The riders ) (not credited)
1981: Without return ( Southern comfort ) (Co-writing with Michael Kane)
1982: 48 hours ( 48 hours ) (Co-writing with Roger Spottiswoode)
1984: Streets of fire ( Streets off fire ) (Co-writing with Larry Large)
1986: Blue city (Co-writing with Lukas Heller according to a news of Ross Macdonald)
1986: Aliens the return ( Aliens ) (Co-writing with David Giler and James Cameron)
1988: Double relaxation ( Red heat ) (Co-writing with Harry Kleiner)
1989: Tales of the crypt ( Bruise from the crypt ) (episodes Cutting cards , Deadline and The man who was death )
1990: 48 hours more ( Another 48 hours ) (characters)
1992: Alien 3 (Co-writing with David Giler and Larry Ferguson)
1994: Ambush ( The Getaway ) (Co-writing with Amy Holden Jones according to a news of Jim Thompson)
1995: Wild Bill (according to a novel of Peter Dexter)
1996: Last recourse ( Last man standing ) (according to a history of Akira Kurosawa and Ryuzo Kikushima)
2002: Only one will become invincible ( Undisputed ) (Co-writing with David Giler)

Distinctions

Grand Prix with the Festival of police Cognac film 1983 for 48 hours .
Emmy Award of the best realizer for drama series in 2004 for the episode controls Deadwood .

External bond

Walter Hill on Internet Movie Database

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