Born in Minneapolis in 1921 and dying in New York in 2002, George Roy Hill was a Marine pilot in two wars, studied at Yale and Trinity College Dublin, and worked in theatre and television. His films include Hawaii (1966) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), a buddy western with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, was a huge success. He reunited them for The Sting (1973), which won seven Oscars including best director. Later he made Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) and The World According to Garp (1982).
Filmography
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
- The Sting (1973)
- The World According to Garp (1982)