Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
Key credits listed on this page include Amy Scott, Hal Ashby, Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Lee Grant, Dustin Hoffman, Rosanna Arquette, and Jeff Bridges.