He has directed such films as The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs. and its sequel Another 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire and Red Heat, and wrote the screenplay for the crime drama The …

Hill was born in Long Beach, California and educated at Mexico City College and Michigan State University. He worked in oil drilling and construction in the 60s before becoming a 2nd assistant …

Feb 10, 2023 · Emmy-winning director Walter Hill talks Western movies and history. Walter Hill directs a scene from his 1980 Western The Long Riders while actors Duke Stroud (left) and Peter Jason, both …

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 worked in oil drilling and construction in the 60s before becoming a 2nd assistant director in 1967. He has written and co-written screenplays, including several uncredited works. He has produced and …

Walter Hill passed away in Newark, New Jersey. Funeral Home Services for Walter are being provided by Whigham Funeral Home. The obituary was featured in The Star-Ledger on January 20, 2013.

Apr 12, 2024 · Writer/director Walter Hill on treating screenplays as literature, inspiring Tarantino, and his WGAW lifetime achievement award.

Since his first film as a writer-director, 1975’s Hard Times, Walter Hill has famously and repeatedly professed to only make movies that, at their core, are Westerns.

Walter Hill talks about starting out as a second assistant director and screenwriter, pursuing his interest in genre films, working with Sam Peckinpah and John Huston, and his directing career making films …

Apr 12, 2024 · Walter Hill, 84, one of the most underrated directors of the ‘70s and ‘80s, will receive a much-deserved accolade when, on April 14, the Writers Guild of America West honors him with its …