George Roy Hill filmography

George Roy Hill (1921–2002)[1] was an American film director whose work in theater, television, and film spanned over four decades. Known for his successful collaborations with actors Robert Redford and Paul Newman,[2][3] Hill directed fourteen feature films in a variety of genres, including romance, musicals, and historical pieces,[4] while his notable Western feature, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), is regarded for its watershed influence on 1960s–1970s Hollywood.[a]

Hill began his career during television's first Golden Age in the 1950s, writing, directing, and acting in episodes for the early television plays of Kraft Television Theater,[9] upon working on stage in off-Broadway roles.[10] As an actor, Hill appeared in a supporting role in the feature film noir picture Walk East on Beacon (1952).[10] He drew from his military experiences in the Korean War to write screenplays for the TV drama episodes "My Brother's Keeper" and Keep Our Honor Bright in 1953.[11] Hill began directing teleplays for episodes of Pond's Theater and Lux Video Theatre in 1954,[12][13] while continuing to work on Kraft Theater and eventually earning two Emmy nominations for his writing and direction of the episode "A Night to Remember" in 1956.[10] He directed several notable episodes of the anthology series Playhouse 90, including "The Helen Morgan Story" (1957), "The Last Clear Chance" (1958), "Child of Our Time" (1958), and "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1959), as well as episodes for The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, before ultimately returning to Broadway directing in 1957.[2]

In 1962, Hill made his directorial debut with his feature film adaptation of Period of Adjustment, starring Tony Franciosa and Jane Fonda in one of her earliest breakthrough roles.[14][2] He continued a brief run of stage-to-film adaptations with his subsequent release of Toys in the Attic (1963), from Lillian Hellman's play of the same name.[2] Hill's next film, The World of Henry Orient (1964), was adapted from a novel by Nora Johnson and starred Peter Sellers as the fantasized concert pianist Henry Orient.[15][9] After replacing Fred Zinnemann as appointed director, Hill achieved his first major commercial success with the large-budget blockbuster release Hawaii (1966).[13] Hill then directed the 1967 musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, starring Julie Andrews, which again became one the highest-grossing films of that year in North America, and was nominated for seven Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.[16]

Hill directed Robert Redford and Paul Newman in the 1969 Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid from a screenplay by William Goldman, which became a major commercial and critical success. He followed this with Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) before reuniting with Newman and Redford for The Sting (1973), which won seven of its 10 Oscar nominations at the 46th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.[13] The combined success of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting briefly made Hill the only director to have made two of the ten highest-grossing films in motion picture history.[17] His later work included The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), Slap Shot (1977), A Little Romance (1979), The World According to Garp (1982), The Little Drummer Girl (1984), and Funny Farm (1988), after which he retired from filmmaking to teach drama at Yale University.[2]

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes Ref(s).
1962 Period of Adjustment Yes No No Based on the 1960 play by Tennesse Williams [18][19]
1963 Toys in the Attic Yes No No Based on the 1960 play by Lillian Hellman [20][21][22]
1964 The World of Henry Orient Yes No No Based on the 1958 novel by Nora Johnson [23][24]
1966 Hawaii Yes No No Based on the 1959 novel by James A. Michener [25][2]
1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie Yes No No Based on the 1956 British musical Chrysanthemum [26][27]
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Yes No No [28][29][30]
1972 Slaughterhouse-Five Yes No No Based on the 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut [31][12]
1973 The Sting Yes No No [2][32]
1975 The Great Waldo Pepper Yes Story No [2][12]
1977 Slap Shot Yes No No [33][12]
1979 A Little Romance Yes Yes No Based on the 1977 novel E=mc2 Mon Amour by Patrick Cauvin. [34][35]
1982 The World According to Garp Yes No Yes Based on the 1978 novel by John Irving [36][12]
1984 The Little Drummer Girl Yes Uncredited No Based on the1983 novel by John le Carré [37][38]
1988 Funny Farm Yes No No Based on the 1985 novel of the by Jay Cronley [39][40][2]

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s).
1952 Walk East on Beacon Nicholas Wilben [41][15]
1982 The World According to Garp Pilot Uncredited [10]

Television

Year Title Director Writer Executive producer Notes Ref.
1953–1956 Kraft Television Theatre Yes Yes No Episodes: "My Brother's Keeper", Keep Our Honor Bright, "Eleven O'Clock Flight", "The Devil as a Roaring Lion", "Good Old Charlie Faye", "A Night to Remember" [11]
1954 Ponds Theater Yes No No Episode: "Time of the Drought" [2]
1955 Lux Video Theatre Yes No No Episodes: "The Creaking Gate", "Not All Your Tears", "The Happy Man" [42]
1956–1957 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour Yes No No Episodes: "Man on the White Horse", "Carnival", and "A Real Fine Cutting Edge" [43]
1957–1959 Playhouse 90 Yes No No Episodes: "The Helen Morgan Story" (1957), "The Last Clear Chance" (1958), "Child of Our Time" (1958), and "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1959). [44]
1958 The Seven Lively Arts Yes No No Episode: "Blast at Centralia No. 5" [45]

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1951–1952 Lux Video Theater Mark, Dan, George Episodes: "The Doctor's Wife", "Man at Bay", "Masquerade" [42]
1953 Kraft Television Theater News Commentator Episodes: "My Brother's Keeper", "Keep Our Honor Bright" [9]
1954 Ponds Theater Episode: "Deliver Me from Evil" [46]

Stage

Year Title Director Writer Actor Ref.
1948 Biography Yes No No [10]
1957 Look Homeward, Angel Yes No No [47][48]
1959 The Gang's All Here Yes No No [10]
1960 Period of Adjustment Yes No No [10]
1961 Moon on a Rainbow Shawl Yes No No [10]

Notes

  1. ^ Attributed to multiple sources.[5][6][7][8]

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  11. ^ a b "TV Festival Showcases James Dean's Early Work". Los Angeles Times. 1991-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
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