Taylor Hackford

Taylor Hackford
Taylor Hackford
	Hackford in January 2013
Born	Taylor Edwin Hackford; December 31, 1944 (age 80); Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1971–present
Spouses	Georgie Lowres (m. 1967; div. 1972); Lynne Littman (m. 1977; div. 1987); Helen Mirren (m. 1997);
Children	2, including Rio

Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Teenage Father (1979). Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, most notably An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and Ray (2004), the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Taylor Hackford
Hackford in January 2013
Born	Taylor Edwin Hackford (1944-12-31) December 31, 1944 (age 80) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1971–present
Spouses	Georgie Lowres (m. 1967; div. 1972) Lynne Littman (m. 1977; div. 1987) Helen Mirren (m. 1997)
Children	2, including Rio