Walter Hill

Walter Hill is an American filmmaker known for action movies and for reviving the Western. Born in Long Beach, California, he entered the industry through a Directors Guild training program, working as an assistant director while writing scripts at night. The success of his screenplay for The Getaway, directed by Sam Peckinpah, helped him land his first directing job, Hard Times (1975), with Charles Bronson. He followed that with The Driver and The Warriors, then made his first Western, The Long Riders, which cast real acting brothers as outlaw siblings. Southern Comfort drew critical acclaim. 48 Hrs., starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy, became a massive box office success, and he directed the sequel Another 48 Hrs. He also made the rock and roll fable Streets of Fire, the comedy Brewster's Millions and Red Heat. With David Giler and Gordon Carroll he founded Brandywine Productions, produced Alien films, and directed television episodes of Tales from the Crypt and Deadwood.