page_title: Taylor Hackford
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caption_attribution_description: English: Taylor Hackford at a ceremony for wife Helen Mirren to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
context_page_description: Taylor Edwin Hackford 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. Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, most notably An Officer and a Gentleman and Ray, the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture.
context_section_description: 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 Academy Award for Best Picture.
caption: Hackford in January 2013
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