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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Hill got his start on television, directing such episodic series as Kraft Television Theatre . He served in the United States Marine Corps as a fighter pilot during World War II and the Korean War. His first films were versions of such Broadway plays as Period of Adjustment in 1962 and Toys in the Attic

Hill is most noted for directing such films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting. Other films are Slaughterhouse-FiveSlaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance With Death is a 1969 novel by best-selling author Kurt Vonnegut. His most popular work and widely regarded as a classic, it combines science fiction elements with an analysis of the human conditi, The World According to GarpThe World According to Garp is a novel by John Irving. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for years; Irving has subsequently become one of the most "bankable" modern American novelists. The story deals with Garp, the son of a ball-turret gunner, Hawaii , Thoroughly Modern MillieThoroughly Modern Millie is a musical comedy. It was made first as a film in 1967 from a screenplay by Richard Morris, based on his original story, by director George Roy Hill and starred Julie Andrews in the title role, supported by Mary Tyler Moore, Car, The Great Waldo Pepper , Slap Shot and The Little Drummer Girl .

Academy Awards and Nominations

• 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped - Won - Best DirectorThe Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in Wi - The Sting
• 1970Events January events January 1 Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January - Nominated Best DirectorThe Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in Wi - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid