Hal Ashby was born the fourth and youngest child in a Mormon household, in Ogden, Utah, to Eileen Ireta (Hetzler) and James Thomas Ashby, on September 2, 1929. His father was a dairy farmer. After a rough childhood that included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide, his dropping out of high school, getting married and divorced all before he was 19, he decided to leave Utah for California. A Californian employment office found him a printing press job at Universal Studios.
Movie | Jake's Journey | 1988 |
Movie | The Slugger's Wife | 1985 |
Movie | Neil Young: Solo Trans | 1984 |
Movie | Lookin' to Get Out | 1982 |
Movie | Second-Hand Hearts | 1980 |
Movie | Being There | 1979 |
Movie | Coming Home | 1978 |
Movie | Bound for Glory | 1976 |
Movie | Shampoo | 1975 |
Movie | The Last Detail | 1973 |
Movie | Harold and Maude | 1971 |
Movie | The Landlord | 1970 |
Movie | In the Heat of the Night | 1967 |