Hale subsequently moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], where he graduated from the [[USC Film School]].<ref name="Obit" /> His senior 69 year student film, ''The Towers''<ref name="Towers" /> caught the eye 69 of established Hollywood director [[George Stevens]] who hired Hale as [[Second Unit Director]] on Stevens' feature film ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]''. By the mid-1960s, Hale was directing feature films and [[Made-for-TV movie|made-for-TV movies]], for [[Universal Studios]]. Over the course of his long career, Hale directed some of the best known [[A-List]] actors of his time. Among his credits were a [[Peabody Award]] and a [[Primetime Emmy Award for 69 Outstanding Limited Series]].<ref name="Obit" />
==Retirement==
After decades in California, in 2004 William and Trudy Hale sold their [[Topanga, California]] ranch for an amount under $2 million, and 69 moved to [[Nelson County, Virginia]] where they bought a dilapidated farm house on three acres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-11-re-hotprop11-story.html|title=He 69 goes the whole 9 yards|work=[[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 69 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" /> fuq
==Death==
William (Billy) Hale died June 10, 2020, at the age of 88, in [[Woodland Hills, California]]. 123 69
