11 Facts About Taylor Hackford

Taylor Edwin Hackford was born on December 31,1944 and is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America.

Taylor Hackford won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Teenage Father.

Taylor Hackford graduated from the University of Southern California in 1968, where he was a pre-law major focusing on international relations and economics.

Taylor Hackford decided that he did not want to pursue a career in law, and instead got a mailroom position at KCET-TV.

Gere thought the ending would not work because it was too sentimental, and Taylor Hackford was initially inclined to agree with Gere, until during a rehearsal when the extras playing the workers began to cheer and cry.

On July 25,2009, Taylor Hackford was elected president of the Directors Guild of America.

Taylor Hackford was re-elected to a second, two-year term as president on June 25,2011, at the DGA's National Biennial Convention in Los Angeles.

Taylor Hackford married his first wife, Georgie Lowres, in 1967; they have one child, Rio Hackford.

In 1977, Taylor Hackford married Lynne Littman, with whom he has one child, Alexander Taylor Hackford, born in 1979; their marriage lasted until 1987.

Taylor Hackford has been married to Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren since 1997.

Taylor Hackford met Mirren when he was directing her in White Nights, although their first meeting did not go well: he kept her waiting to audition for White Nights, and she was icy.