Jack Hill
Jack Hill | |
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Hill in 1968. | |
| Born | January 28, 1933 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Brian Stuart |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Years active | 1960–1982 |
Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an American filmmaker, known for his work in the exploitation genre. He was an early associate of Francis Ford Coppola and Roger Corman, and worked on many films distributed by American International Pictures (AIP) during the 1960s and 1970s.
Hill's directorial works include Spider Baby (1967), Pit Stop (1969), The Big Doll House (1971), Coffy (1973), Foxy Brown (1974), and Switchblade Sisters (1975). Several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works. He is also credited with helping cultivate the careers of actors Pam Grier, Sid Haig, and Ellen Burstyn. Quentin Tarantino described him as “the Howard Hawks of exploitation filmmaking”.