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Hal Hartley [1] (born November 3, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and composer who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and '90s.
Hal Hartley is an American filmmaker, writer, director, producer, and composer who has made twelve feature films since 1988. Popularly associated with the American independent filmmaking scene of the early nineties, he went on to write and direct such films as No Such Thing (2001) for United Artists and Fay Grim (2006) for HD Net Films.
- January 1, 1
- 1.91 m
- Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York, USA
- Director, Producer, Writer
Directed by Hal Hartley • 1991 • United States Starring George Feaster, Hannah Sullivan, Rick Groel. Hal Hartley chronicles a day in the life of a young artist who longs for professional success and the attention of beautiful women, but who encounters only frustration and violence.
Jan 24, 2020 · For almost 20 years, people have been asking “What happened to Hal Hartley?” But the acclaimed independent director of such unsung ’90s classics like “ The Unbelievable Truth ,” “Trust,” and “ Henry Fool ” never actually went away.
Aug 16, 2023 · A Farce with Teeth: Hal Hartley Chronicles the Making of His Scrappy Debut ‘The Unbelievable Truth’. ‘80s Week: “I was going to have to rely on the thing that I felt most confident about, and...
- Vikram Murthi
Back in the early nineties, Hartley could shrug off that kind of attention. Many of his excellent early films were shot in his native Long Island on shoestring budgets, offering breakthrough...
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Aug 29, 2024 · The acclaimed indie director talks with us ahead of the film’s September 28 screening at UW Cinematheque. The current landscape of American independent cinema might look a lot different without the contributions writer-director Hal Hartley made in the late 1980s and ’90s. While the native New Yorker is not as much of a household name as ...
