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Gregory Hoblit

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Gregory Hoblit

Born November 27, 1944 in Abilene, Texas, USA10 films

Gregory King Hoblit is an American Hollywood film director and TV producer.

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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 episodes of several popular television shows such as NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, and Hill Street Blues, as well as a made-for-TV-movie based on Roe v. Wade. He also wrote an episode of Hill Street Blues. Hoblit received Emmy Awards for his directing of the pilot episodes of Hooperman and L.A. Law.

He is married to actress Debrah Farentino and has one child with her.

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Primal Fear posterFirst watchPrimal Fear19967.7Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the…View film

Essential films

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Filmography

10 films as director
  1. 2024A Look Through His LensDirector
  2. 2008UntraceableDirector
  3. 2007FractureDirector
  4. 2004NYPD 2069Director
  5. 2002Hart's WarDirector
  6. 2000FrequencyDirector
  7. 1998FallenDirector
  8. 1996Primal FearDirector
  9. 1993Class of '61Director
  10. 1989Roe vs. WadeDirector