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Born on November 3, 1959, Hal Hartley is from Lindenhurst, New York, United States. Public records list Hal Hartley as a film director, screenwriter and theatre director. That works out to 66 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Recorded honors include Best Screenplay Award (1998) and Berlin Prize (2004).
My Take
Hal Hartley is one of those filmmakers I genuinely love for refusing to play the game. Coming out of Long Island and Massachusetts College of Art and Design, he carved out his own corner of American independent cinema in the late '80s and '90s with films like The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, and Henry Fool — movies where characters speak in this deliberately flat, almost theatrical cadence that shouldn't work but absolutely does. His deadpan style and philosophical dialogue feel like nothing else from that era, and winning the Best Screenplay award at Cannes for Henry Fool in 1998 was exactly the kind of recognition the art-house crowd had been nodding about for years. He's not a blockbuster name, but if you know, you know.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hal Hartley
- Name (Japanese)
- ハル・ハートリー
- Reading
- はる・はーとりー
- Born
- November 3, 1959 (age 66)
- Origin
- Lindenhurst, New York, United States
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / theatre director / author / film producer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
2. Background
- University
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Awards & achievements
- 1998 Best Screenplay Award
- 2004 Berlin Prize
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.possiblefilms.com
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal%20Hartley
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446294
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Hal Hartley born?
Hal Hartley was born on November 3, 1959 and is 66 years old.
Where is Hal Hartley from?
Hal Hartley is from Lindenhurst, New York, United States.
What does Hal Hartley do?
Hal Hartley works as film director, screenwriter, theatre director, author, film producer.
Where did Hal Hartley study?
Hal Hartley attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
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