Director Amy Scott discusses Hal

June 22, 2018

A Special Projects Documentary Series Screening

“Believe in cinema,” is the tagline on the poster for Director Amy Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

Set against a backdrop of a rapidly changing America and an even more dramatic shift in filmmaking, Scott's Hal celebrates the life and work of Director Hal Ashby, whose filmography includes the DGA Award-nominated feature Coming Home as well as the Academy Award-winning classics Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. Once the toast of “New Hollywood” in the 1970s, Ashby's obsessive genius but uncompromising nature became an archetypal story of art versus industry. Hal premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Documentary Grand Jury Prize.

Following the DGA Special Projects Documentary Series screening in Los Angeles on June 21, Scott sat down with DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Chuck Workman (Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles) to discuss the making of Hal.

Hal is Scott’s directorial debut.

You can listen to Scott's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find more DGA podcast episodes here.

Pictures

Event photos by Trixie Textor - Print courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories.

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Director Amy Scott speaks about the making of her new documentary, Hal, following the DGA Special Projects Documentary Series screening in Los Angeles.

Director Hal Ashby in an image from Director Amy Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

Director Amy Scott speaks about the making of Hal with DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Chuck Workman (moderator) following the DGA Special Projects Documentary Series screening in Los Angeles.

Director Hal Ashby with Ruth Gordon on the set of Harold and Maude in an image from Director Amy Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

DGA Special Projects Documentary Series Subcommittee Chair Chuck Workman (moderator) is amused by the answer to a question he asked Director Amy Scott about her new documentary, Hal.

Director Hal Ashby with Peter Sellers on the set of Being There in an image from Director Amy Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

The DGA Los Angeles Theater audience hears Directors Amy Scott and Chuck Workman (moderator) discuss the making of Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

Director Hal Ashby in an image from Director Amy Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

Director Amy Scott’s producers, Christine Beebe and Brian Morrow, answer a question about the making of Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

Director Hal Ashby with Warren Beatty on the set of Shampoo in an image from Director Amy Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

A member of the DGA Los Angeles Theater audience recalls her friendship with Director Hal Ashby.

Director Hal Ashby with David Carradine on the set of Bound for Glory in an image from Director Amy Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

Director Amy Scott chats with members of the audience following DGA Special Projects Documentary Series screening of her new documentary, Hal.

Director Hal Ashby with Otis Young and Jack Nicholson on the set of The Last Detail in an image from Director Amy Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

Producer Christine Beebe, Directors Chuck Workman (moderator) and Amy Scott and Producer Brian Morrow pose for a photo following the Los Angeles Special Projects Documentary Series screening of Scott’s new documentary, Hal.

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