Gregory Hoblit
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Biography
Gregory King Hoblit (born November 27, 1944) is an American film director, television director and television producer. He is known for directing the critically acclaimed films Primal Fear, Frequency and Fracture. He has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards for directing and producing Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, Hooperman and the television film Roe vs. Wade.
Hoblit was born in Abilene, Texas, the son of Elizabeth Hubbard King and Harold Foster Hoblit, an FBI agent. Much of Hoblit's work is oriented towards police, attorneys and legal cases.
Hoblit has directed and produced the pilot and series of such acclaimed television series such as NYPD Blue, L.A. Law and Hill Street Blues. He also wrote an episode of the latter series. Hoblit received Primetime Emmy Awards for his directing of the pilot episodes of Hooperman and L.A. Law.
He was married to actress Debrah Farentino from 1994-2009. They have one child together.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Goodnight Jackie | Yes | |||
| 1978 | Loose Change | Yes | Made for television | ||
| Dr. Strange | Yes | Made for television | |||
| What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | Yes | Television series (1 episode) | |||
| 1979 | Paris | Yes | Television series | ||
| Vampiro | Yes | Made for television | |||
| 1981 | Every Stray Dog and Kid | Yes | Made for television | ||
| 1981–1985 | Hill Street Blues | Yes | Yes | Yes | Television series (45 episodes) |
| 1983 | Bay City Blues | Yes | Yes | Television series (1 episode) | |
| 1986–1988 | L.A. Law | Yes | Yes | Television series (35 episodes) | |
| 1987 | Hooperman | Yes | Television series (2 episodes) | ||
| 1989 | Roe vs. Wade | Yes | Yes | Made for television | |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Yes | Television series (1 episode) | ||
| Cop Rock | Yes | Television series (2 episodes) | |||
| 1993 | Class of '61 | Yes | Made for television | ||
| 1993–1994 | NYPD Blue | Yes | Yes | Television series (9 episodes) | |
| 1996 | Primal Fear | Yes | |||
| 1998 | Fallen | Yes | |||
| 2000 | Frequency | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2002 | Hart's War | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2004 | NYPD 2069 | Yes | Yes | Television series (1 episode) | |
| 2007 | Fracture | Yes | |||
| 2008 | Untraceable | Yes | |||
| 2009 | Solving Charlie | Yes | Television series (1 episode) | ||
| 2013 | Monday Mornings | Yes | Television series (1 episode) | ||
| 2014 | The Americans | Yes | Television series (1 episode) | ||
| 2015 | The Strain | Yes | Television series (1 episode) | ||