George Roy Hill

George Roy Hill (1921-2002) liked flying from an early age. He studied music at Yale University and flew supply missions in the Pacific during the war. In the Korean War he was a flight instructor. Afterward, he became a screenwriter, producer and director of television theatre productions. He also worked directing for the stage, and he debuted in motion pictures with an adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play Period of Adjustment (1962). He shot part of the… (more)