Hal Hartley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hal Hartley
Occupation	Screenwriter
Date Of Birth	Nov 3, 1959(1959-11-03)
Age	65
Birthplace	Lindenhurst
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Scorpio

Hal Hartley Biography

Hal Hartley is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on November 3, 1959 in Lindenhurst, New York, United States. Independent screenwriter and director of film. Most well-known for his screenplay for Henry Fool.

His role as Nurse Jackie on Showtime is most well-known.

Hartley was born in Lindenhurst in southern Long Island, New York, the son of an ironworker. Hartley had an early interest in painting and attended the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston where he studied art and developed an interest in filmmaking. In 1980, he was accepted to the filmmaking program at the State University of New York at Purchase in New York, where he met a core group of technicians and actors who would go on to work with him on his feature films, including his regular cinematographer Michael Spiller.

Hartley shot his first feature film, The Unbelievable Truth, in 1988. Made on a shoestring budget and filmed in his native Long Island, it was an unconventional love story about a suburban Long Island teenager (played by Adrienne Shelly, a soon-to-be Hartley regular) falling in love with a handsome mechanic with a criminal past (Robert John Burke, also a soon-to-be Hartley regular). The screenplay featured what have become Hartley’s trademarks – deadpan humour, offbeat, stilted, pause-filled dialogue, and characters posing philosophical questions about the meaning of life, combined with a degree of stylization in acting, choreography and camera movement. The film received positive reviews and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival, establishing Hartley as a distinctive new talent in the burgeoning independent filmmaking movement.

He was married with Miho Nikaido.

Hal Hartley Net Worth

Hal Hartley is one of the richest Screenwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hal Hartley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He enrolled at State University of New York at Purchase’s filmmaking program.

In 1988, he released his first feature film, The Unbelievable Truth.

Hal Hartley (born November 3, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and composer who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and ’90s. He is best known for his films The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, Simple Men, Amateur and Henry Fool, which are notable for deadpan humour and offbeat characters quoting philosophical dialogue.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Hal Hartley Dating?

According to our records, Hal Hartley married to Miho Nikaido. As of December 1, 2023, Hal Hartley’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1996, Hartley was made Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.

Facts & Trivia

Hal Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Hal Hartley celebrates birthday on November 3 of every year.

Hartley was invited to contribute the American entry to a series of films financed by French television to celebrate the 2000 millennium. His entry, a black comedy entitled The Book of Life (1998) was shot entirely on digital video in New York in 1998. The story imagines Jesus (Martin Donovan) returning to Earth on the eve of the 2000 millennium to open the Book of Life (stored on an Apple Mac laptop) which will start the Apocalypse. Jesus, accompanied by Mary Magdalene (singer-songwriter PJ Harvey) becomes enamoured of humanity and argues with Satan (Thomas Jay Ryan) as to whether or not to end human civilisation. The film also features Yo La Tengo, who appear as a Salvation Army band. Some sources state that William Burroughs is also featured, but according to Hartley, this is actually a shot of the film’s production manager doing a Burroughs impression. The film screened on French television and had a limited commercial release in cinemas.

Top Facts about Hal Hartley

1. Hal Hartley is an American film director and screenwriter.
2. He was born on November 3, 1959 in Lindenhurst, New York.
3. Hartley has directed over a dozen feature films.
4. His debut film “The Unbelievable Truth” premiered at Sundance in 1989.
5. Hartley’s films often explore themes of alienation and existentialism.
6. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the Prix Jean Vigo.
7. Hartley has also worked as a writer and director for television shows.
8. He is known for his distinctive visual style and use of deadpan humor.
9. Many of his films feature recurring actors such as Martin Donovan and Parker Posey.
10. In recent years, Hartley has focused more on theater directing than filmmaking.