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Arthur Hiller
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Arthur Hiller, OC, was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as Love Story (1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars.
Hiller collaborated on a number of films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon. Among his other notable films were The Americanization of Emily (1964), Tobruk (1967), The Hospital (1971), The Out-of-Towners (1970), Plaza Suite (1971), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Silver Streak (1976), The In-Laws (1979) and Outrageous Fortune (1987).
Hiller served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997. He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2002. An annual film festival in Hiller's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater, Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts.
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As director
Pucked
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Carpool
The Babe
Married to It
Taking Care of Business
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Outrageous Fortune
Teachers
The Lonely Guy
Romantic Comedy
Author! Author!
Making Love
Nightwing
The In-Laws
Silver Streak
W.C. Fields and Me
The Man in the Glass Booth
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Man of La Mancha
The Hospital
Plaza Suite
Mean Justice
The Out-of-Towners
Love Story
Popi
Tobruk
The Tiger Makes Out
Promise Her Anything
Penelope
As actor
Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood
Lunch
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Speakeasy
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Land of the Free
Merchants of Venus
Jackie Chan: My Story
Pitch
Frank Capra's American Dream
Blacks and Jews
Beverly Hills Cop III
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Action on the Beach