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Hal Hartley

Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Editor, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 3, 1959 (66 years)
Hal Hartley (born November 3, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and composer, who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his films Trust, Amateur and Henry Fool, which are notable for deadpan humour and offbeat characters quoting philosophical dialogue. His films provided a career launch for a number of actors, including Adrienne Shelly, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan, Parker Posey, Karen Sillas and Elina Löwensohn. Hartley frequently scores his own films using his pseudonym Ned Rifle, and his soundtracks regularly feature music by indie rock acts Yo La Tengo and PJ Harvey.

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Known For

  • Trust
  • Henry Fool
  • Amateur
  • The Unbelievable Truth
  • Red Oaks
  • Simple Men
  • No Such Thing
  • Fay Grim
  • Ned Rifle
  • Flirt
  • The Book of Life
  • Surviving Desire
  • The Girl from Monday
  • Theory of Achievement
  • Opera No. 1
  • Kimono
  • The Sisters of Mercy
  • The New Math(s)
  • Iris

Hal Hartley Filmography

2014
2011
Meanwhile · as Composer
2010
The Apologies · as Composer
2006
2005
2003
Milk and Honey · as Original Music Composer
2001
1999
1997
1995
1994
1994
Opera No. 1 · as Original Music Composer
1992
Simple Men · as Original Music Composer
1992
Ambition · as Composer
1992
Surviving Desire · as Original Music Composer
1991
Theory of Achievement · as Composer

2021
Adrienne · as Self
2010
2007
Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self
2000
In Bad Taste · as Self
1998
Divine Trash · as Self

2010
1995
Flirt · as Hal (uncredited)

2010
The Apologies · as Written By
1997
The Other Also · as Cinematographer
1986
Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson · as Art Department Production Assistant

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