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Gregory Hoblit | |
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| Born | Gregory King Hoblit (1944-11-27)November 27, 1944 (age 81) Abilene, Texas, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1974–present[not verified in body] |
| Spouse | [not verified in body] |
Gregory Hoblit (born November 27, 1944) is an American film director, television director and television producer.[1] He is known for directing the feature filmsPrimal Fear (1996),Fallen (1998),Frequency (2000),Hart's War (2002),Fracture (2007), andUntraceable (2008).[1] He has won nineEmmy Awards for directing and producing,[1] an accolade which includes work on the television seriesHill Street Blues,NYPD Blue,L.A. Law, andHooperman, and the television filmRoe vs. Wade.[1]
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Hoblit was born Gregory King Hoblit inAbilene, Texas, on November 27, 1944, the son of Elizabeth Hubbard King and Harold Foster Hoblit, anFBI agent.[2][1] Hoblit studied at both theUniversity of California, Berkeley andUniversity of California, Los Angeles, obtainingbachelor's degrees in history and political science.[2]
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Hoblit was "[a] longtime associate ofSteven Bochco,[1] the late, celebrated writer and producer of television police and courtroom dramas.[3] Much of Hoblit's work is oriented towards police, attorneys, and legal cases.[citation needed] An element of career that has been noted by the entertainment media is the casting of young talent into serious roles that have elevated them to stardom (e.g., forEdward Norton andRyan Gosling).[4]
Hoblit is known for directing the feature filmsPrimal Fear (1996),Fallen (1998),Frequency (2000),Hart's War (2002),Fracture (2007), andUntraceable (2008).[1]
As described by Jerry Roberts in the 2009 edition of hisEncyclopedia of Television Film Directors, Hoblit's directing included episodes ofBay City Blues,Hill Street Blues,NYPD Blue,Cop Rock,L.A. Law, among other television series.[1] His credits also include having directed thescience fiction police drama,NYPD 2069 (2004),[clarification needed] which was described as "unaired" as of that date.[1][5] He also wrote an episode ofHill Street Blues.[clarification needed][citation needed]
Hoblit married actressDebrah Farentino on September 10, 1994.[2] The couple have two children, Molly and Sophie.[2]
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Hoblit has won nineEmmy Awards for directing and producing,[1] an accolade which includes six for producing episodes of the television seriesHill Street Blues (1981-1984),L.A. Law (1987),Hooperman (1988), andNYPD Blue (1995);[1] the Emmy forL.A. Law was for the pilot episode.[1][6] The 1981 Emmy for his work onHill Street Blues was forOutstanding Drama Series, and his fellow awardees wereSteven Bochco andMichael Kozoll.[7]
He was further recognized as a producer with an Emmy for the television filmRoe vs. Wade (1989).[1]
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Film
| Year | Title | Director | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Goodnight Jackie | No | Yes |
| 1996 | Primal Fear | Yes | No |
| 1998 | Fallen | Yes | No |
| 2000 | Frequency | Yes | Yes |
| 2002 | Hart's War | Yes | Yes |
| 2007 | Fracture | Yes | No |
| 2008 | Untraceable | Yes | No |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Loose Change | No | Yes |
| Dr. Strange | No | Yes | |
| 1979 | Vampiro | No | Yes |
| 1981 | Every Stray Dog and Kid | No | Yes |
| 1989 | Roe vs. Wade | Yes | Yes |
| 1993 | Class of '61 | Yes | No |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | No | No | Yes | 1 episode |
| 1979 | Paris | No | Yes | No | |
| 1981–1985 | Hill Street Blues | Yes | Yes | Yes | 45 episodes |
| 1983 | Bay City Blues | Yes | Yes | No | 1 episode |
| 1986–1988 | L.A. Law | Yes | Yes | No | 35 episodes |
| 1987 | Hooperman | Yes | No | No | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Yes | No | No | 1 episode |
| Cop Rock | Yes | No | No | 2 episodes | |
| 1993–1994 | NYPD Blue | Yes | Yes | No | 9 episodes |
| 2004 | NYPD 2069 | Yes | Yes | No | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Solving Charlie | Yes | No | No | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Monday Mornings | Yes | No | No | 1 episode |
| 2014 | The Americans | Yes | No | No | 1 episode |
| 2015 | The Strain | Yes | No | No | 1 episode |
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Fracture (New Line Cinema) may be remembered as the movie that brought Ryan Gosling into the mainstream (just asPrimal Fear, director Gregory Hoblit's 1996 feature debut, introduced audiences to a young Edward Norton)... casting Gosling opposite Hopkins in a big-budget legal thriller is clearly Hollywood's way of saying, 'Here he is folks: the next big thing.'
