Gregory Hoblit was born in Texas but moved to Northern California at a young age because of his father's job in law enforcement, a hint at what might have attracted the mystery/courtroom plots of his movie/TV credits. After graduating from UCLA, he worked as a TV co-producer with Steven Bochco until directing the 80s series, Hill Street Blues ...
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Gregory Hoblit was born in Texas but moved to Northern California at a young age because of his father's job in law enforcement, a hint at what might have attracted the mystery/courtroom plots of his movie/TV credits. After graduating from UCLA, he worked as a TV co-producer with Steven Bochco until directing the 80s series, Hill Street Blues (1981) and L.A. Law (1986). He made his film directorial debut with the psychological thriller, Primal Fear (1996), followed by Fallen (1998), Frequency (2000) and the WWII drama, Hart's War (2002), starring Bruce Willis. Show less «
Cops kind of embody the best and worst of us. I mean, they are as brutal as you see in the Rodney Ki...Show more »
Cops kind of embody the best and worst of us. I mean, they are as brutal as you see in the Rodney King case. And they are as good as the guy who sees somebody in distress and takes care of them, takes them to a hospital, is a father in a moment of need. Some of the most remarkable guys I've come across have been cops, and some I could just pin against the wall with their sexism and racism and reactionary attitudes. Yet there's a visceral quality to their lives that's fascinating. Show less «
