Directing · Writing · 1929 to 1988

Hal Ashby

Best rated: Being There (7.9)

Films: 12
Avg rating: 6.80
Peak run: 1973’79
Oscar noms: 1

Films: 12
Avg rating: 6.80
Peak run: 1973’79
Oscar noms: 1

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The career

Hal Ashby, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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197012 films1986

Current formLast 5: 6.52 vs career 6.80 (−0.28)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Hal by the numbers

Average

6.80

9 rated films

Vote weighted

6.92

bigger films count more

Median

7.2

half are better

Consistency

±1.12

rating spread

Career

17y

1970 to 1986

Total votes

253K

across every film

Best

7.9

Being There

Worst

5.8

8 Million Ways to Die

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

1986	8 Million Ways to Die	5.8	7,041
1985	The Slugger's Wife	4.4	1,368
1982	Let's Spend the Night Together	·	901
1982	Lookin' to Get Out	·	997
1980	Second-Hand Hearts	·	285
1979	Being There	7.9	82,786
1978	Coming Home	7.3	16,147
1976	Bound for Glory	7.2	6,115
1975	Shampoo	6.4	16,169
1973	The Last Detail	7.5	31,628
1971	Harold and Maude	7.8	85,808
1970	The Landlord	6.9	3,514

Better together?

Hal Ashby's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Hal Ashby

3 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Director · Academy Awards 1979
Hal Ashby
Nominated
Best Film Editing · Academy Awards 1968
Hal Ashby
Won
Best Film Editing · Academy Awards 1967
Hal Ashby, J. Terry Williams
Nominated

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