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Hal Hartley

Born 1959-11-03

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hal Hartley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Trust 1990 · 7.4 Henry Fool 1998 · 7.1 Amateur 1994 · 6.8 The Unbelievable Truth 1990 · 7.2 Fay Grim 2007 · 6.1 Simple Men 1992 · 7.1 Flirt 1995 · 6.3 The Book of Life 1998 · 6.5 Ned Rifle 2015 · 6.2 Adrienne 2021 · 7.4