Hal Hartley

DirectorComposerProducerWriterActor Nov 3 (age 66) Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York, USA 1984–2025 (41 year career)

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Biography

Hal Hartley (born November 3, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and composer, who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his films Trust, Amateur and Henry Fool, which are notable for deadpan humour and offbeat characters quoting philosophical dialogue. His films provided a career launch for a number of actors, including Adrienne Shelly, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan, Parker Posey, Karen Sillas and Elina Löwensohn. …

Known For

Film

Red Oaks

Director

Film

Trust

Director

Film

The Unbelievable Truth

Co-Producer

Film

Henry Fool

Director

Film

Amateur

Director

Film

Simple Men

Director

Film

Divine Trash

Self

Film

No Such Thing

Director

Filmography

Acting (11)

Movies (11)

Adrienne

as Self

Adventure

Implied Harmonies

as Self

Years Later: The Unbelievable Truth and Its Consequences

2010

as Himself

The Making of 'Fay Grim' or: How Do You Spell Espionage?

2007

as Himself

Upon Reflection: The Making of Trust

2005

as Self

Regarding Soon

Divine Trash

as Self

In Bad Taste

as Self

Flirt

as Hal (uncredited)

Made in the USA

as Self

Crew (80)

Movies (79)

Where to Land

2025

Director

6.0

Where to Land

2025

Original Music Composer

Where to Land

Producer

Where to Land

Writer

El Planeta

Thanks

Ned Rifle

Writer

My America

Director

My America

2014

Music

My America

2014

Producer

La Commedia

2014

Director

Current Events

2012

Director

Meanwhile

Director

Meanwhile

Writer

The Apologies

Director

Adventure

Director

Implied Harmonies

Director

Implied Harmonies

Editor

Years Later: The Unbelievable Truth and Its Consequences

2010

Music

A/Muse

Director

Accomplice

Director

Conspiracy

Director

Fay Grim

Director

Fay Grim

Editor

Fay Grim

Music

Fay Grim

Producer

Fay Grim

Writer

The Girl from Monday

Director

Regarding Soon

Music

The Sisters of Mercy

Director

Excerpts from Soon

Director

Milk and Honey

2003

Original Music Composer

1.0

No Such Thing

2002

Director

6.0

The Cloud of Unknowing

2002

Producer

The New Math(s)

Director

Kimono

Music

Henry Fool

Director

Henry Fool

Music

Henry Fool

Producer

Henry Fool

Writer

The Book of Life

Director

The Book of Life

Writer

Eye of God

Thanks

The Other Also

Director

Flirt

Director

Amateur

Director

Amateur

Music

Amateur

Producer

Amateur

Writer

Iris

Director

Iris

Editor

NYC 3/94

Producer

Opera No. 1

Director

Flirt

Director

Surviving Desire

Director

Surviving Desire

Editor

Surviving Desire

Original Music Composer

Surviving Desire

Writer

Simple Men

Director

Simple Men

Original Music Composer

Simple Men

Producer

Simple Men

Writer

Ambition

Director

Ambition

Screenplay

Theory of Achievement

1991

Director

6.2

Theory of Achievement

Writer

Trust

Director

Trust

Producer

Trust

Writer

The Unbelievable Truth

1990

Co-Producer

6.8

The Unbelievable Truth

1990

Director

6.8

The Unbelievable Truth

Writer

Dogs

Director

The Cartographer's Girlfriend

1987

Producer

5.5

Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson

1986

Art Department Production Assistant

Kid

Director

Kid

Editor

Kid

Producer

Kid

Writer

Tour de France

Director

Television (1)

Red Oaks

2014

Director

7.3