Hal Needham
Hal Brett Needham (born March 6, 1931 in Memphis , Tennessee , † October 25, 2013 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American stuntman , director , actor and screenwriter .
Life
Hal Needham took part in the Korean War as a paratrooper . He began his career in the film business as a stuntman. So he doubled Burt Reynolds , with whom he later made the majority of his films. He was the founder of Stunts Unlimited and interpreted numerous small roles in a wide variety of productions, including the television series Charlie's Angels . He made his debut as a director in 1977 with A Boiled Rascal . In 1983, 1984 and 1985 he was nominated for the Golden Raspberry as worst director. Last year, his screenplay for All Hell's Going On The Highway also received an anti-award nomination.
In 1987 Needham received the Scientific and Engineering Award at the Academy Awards for the development of the so-called Shotmaker Elite camera car and crane .
At the 2001 Taurus Awards , Needham received the Lifetime Achievement Award . In 2012 Needham was awarded the Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement as a Stuntman. After Yakima Canutt (1967), Needham was only the second stuntman to receive an honorary Oscar. As a stuntman and coordinator, he says he has worked for around 300 films and 4500 television series episodes.
Filmography (selection)
As a director
- 1977: Smokey and the Bandit (Smokey and the Bandit)
- 1978: To the head and neck (Hooper)
- 1979: Cactus Jack (The Villain)
- 1979: Death Car on the Freeway
- 1980: The boiled rascal is on the move again (Smokey and the Bandit II)
- 1981: All hell breaks loose on the highway (The Cannonball Run)
- 1982: Megaforce (Megaforce)
- 1983: Stroker Ace (Stroker Ace)
- 1984: All hell breaks loose on the highway (Cannonball Run II)
- 1987: Sweaty Bodies (Body Slam)
- 1994: Bandit - A boiled rascal takes off (Bandit goes Country)
- 1994: Bandit: Bandit Bandit (Bandit: Bandit Bandit)
- 1994: Bandit - A boiled rascal and a cool blonde (Beauty and the Bandit)
- 1994: Bandit (Bandit's Silver Angel)
- 1999: Logan (Hard Time: Hostage Hotel)
As a screenwriter
- 1977: A boiled rascal
- 1983: All hell breaks loose on the highway
- 1987: Sweaty Bodies (Body Slam)
- 1994: Bandit - A boiled rascal takes off (TV movie)
- 1994: Bandit: Bandit Bandit (Bandit: Bandit Bandit)
- 1994: Bandit - A boiled rascal and a cool blonde (TV movie)
- 1994: Bandit - A boiled rascal steps on the gas (TV movie)
Web links
- Hal Needham in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Hal Needham in the nndb (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hal Needham, veteran Hollywood stuntman and director, dies at 82
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Find Hal Needham
- ↑ Jeffrey Katzenberg, Hal Needham, DA Pennebaker and George Stevens, Jr. to Receive Academy's Governors Awards , AMPAS press release, September 5, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Needham, Hal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Needham, Hal Brett |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American stunt performer, actor, and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Memphis (Tennessee) , Tennessee , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 2013 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |