Taylor Hackford
American film director, and president of the Directors Guild of America
0.84body-of-work score · ranked #984 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- December 31, 1944 · Santa Barbara
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, film producer, trade unionist, screenwriter

Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
2004 · United States · biography, musical, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 2004 · Sarris's annual top 10 2004 #3
0.702 citations - 20.141 citation
Complete filmography
All 16 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1973Bukowski
- 1978Teenage Father
- 1980The Idolmaker
- 1982An Officer and a Gentleman
- 1984Against All Odds
- 1985White Nights
- 1987Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
- 1988Everybody's All-American
- 1993Blood In Blood Out
- 1995Dolores Claiborne
- 1997The Devil's Advocate
- 2000Proof of Life
- 2004Ray
- 2010Love Ranch
- 2013Parker
- 2016The Comedian