caption years_active birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
directing '' love story '' in 1970 1955 -- 2006 edmonton , alberta , canada 22 november 1923 gwen pechet -lrb- m. 1948 ; 2 children -rrb- arthur hiller-1970 . jpg arthur hiller
 arthur hiller television and film director
arthur hiller

arthur hiller , oc -lrb- born 22 november 1923 -rrb- is a canadian television and film director , having directed over 33 major films during his 50-year career .
he began his career directing television in canada and later in the u.s. by the late 1950s he began directing films , most often comedies .
he also directed award-winning dramas and romantic subjects , such as `` love story '' , which was nominated for seven oscars .
hiller collaborated on a number of films with award-winning screenwriters paddy chayefsky and neil simon .
among his other notable films were `` the americanization of emily '' -lrb- 1964 -rrb- , `` tobruk '' -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , `` the hospital '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , `` the out-of-towners '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- , `` plaza suite '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , `` the man in the glass booth '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- and `` the in-laws '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- .
hiller served as president of the directors guild of america from 1989 to 1993 and president of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences from 1993 to 1997 .
he was the recipient of the jean hersholt humanitarian award in 2002 .
an annual film festival in hiller 's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater , victoria school of performing and visual arts .
