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William "Billy" Hayes (born April 3, 1947) is an American writer, actor, and film director. He is best known for his autobiographical book Midnight Express about his experiences in and escape from a Turkish prison, after being convicted of smuggling hashish.
William Brooke Hayes (born 1961) is an American non-fiction writer and photographer. He has written five books – Sleep Demons, Five Quarts, The Anatomist, Insomniac City and Sweat – and has produced one book of photography, How New York Breaks Your Heart.
Billy Hayes was born on 3 April 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Midnight Express (1978), Assassination (1987) and Cock & Bull Story (2002).
Mar 24, 2015 · The 1978 film made Billy Hayes, jailed in Turkey for attempting to smuggle hash, famous - but it also made him just a little furious too.
Dec 31, 2013 · Billy Hayes, the writer of Midnight Express, candidly discusses his memoir about escaping from a Turkish prison in the 1970s, the pros and cons of having your story adapted by Hollywood, and what the War on Drugs has meant for incarceration.
Mar 15, 2020 · Billy Hayes, the real-life hero of the 1978 Academy Award-winning movie "Midnight Express" said Friday he wanted to "make amends" for the damage the film caused Turkey.
William "Billy" Hayes (born April 3, 1947) is an American writer, actor, and film director. He is best known for his autobiographical book Midnight Express about his experiences in and escape from a Turkish prison, after being convicted of smuggling hashish.
Feb 25, 2015 · The writer Billy Hayes, whose memoir about his 1970 arrest and imprisonment in Turkey cast a shadow on tourism there, now praises the country’s hospitality.
Billy Hayes has been writing, speaking, acting, and directing since the best-selling book he wrote about his experience of survival and escape from a Turkish prison, "Midnight Express", was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 1978.
Billy Hayes. Soundtrack: RoboCop 3. Songwriter ("Blue Christmas"), composer, author and guitarist, and a contact man for Dawn Music. He joined ASCAP in 1948, and his chief musical collaborators included Jay Johnson and Milton Leeds.
