William Hale (director): Difference between revisions

'''William Hale''' (July 11, 1931 – June 10, 2020)<ref name="Obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=william-hale-billy&pid=196368119|title=William "Billy" Hale|website=[[Legacy.com]] |accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref> was an American film and television director.<ref name="Norwood">{{cite news |url=http://www.newsadvance.com/nelson_county_times/news/norwood-home-serves-as-retreat-for-writers-artists/article_71b7b823-1660-5e3f-9982-e11807f00ea3.html |title=Norwood home serves as retreat for writers, artists |first=Rachael |last=Smith |newspaper=Nelson County Times |date=November 26, 2015}}</ref> He is best known for such films and television series as ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', ''[[Journey to Shiloh]]'', ''[[SOS Titanic]]'', ''[[The Murder of Mary Phagan]]'' and ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jerry |last=Roberts |title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediatele00robe |url-access=limited |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |year=2009 |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediatele00robe/page/n245 227] |isbn=978-0810861381}}</ref>

William Hale was born on July 11, 1931, in [[Rome, Georgia]], to Alma and William Hale.<ref name="Obit" /> He attended local schools, and moved to [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] after graduation to attend college. During his freshman year, he got a job working the night shift at a local television station. It was during those night shifts that Hale had the opportunity to watch movies being broadcast by the station, and resolved to become a film director.<ref name="Obit" />

After decades in California, in 2004 William and Trudy Hale sold their [[Topanga, California]], ranch for an amount under $2 million, and moved to [[Nelson County, Virginia]], where they bought a dilapidated farm house on three acres.<ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-11-re-hotprop11-story.html|title=He goes the whole 9 yards|worknewspaper=[[LA Times]]|author=Ruth Ryon|date=July 11, 2004|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> Naming the new home "Porches", the Hales renovated the rural home, accessible by way of a wooden bridge, and lands into a retreat for poets, novelists, and writers of every stripe. They housed as many as five guest artists at a time. Workshops were organized for the writers, where they could work directly with publishers and editors, to improve their manuscripts.<ref name="Norwood" />

* ''[[How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967 film)|How I spentSpent My Summer Vacation]]'' (1967) <ref name="Obit" />

* ''[[Murder in Texas (film)|Murder in Texas]]'' (1981) - Made for TV