Arthur Hiller
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| - | Don '''Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra''' [[September 29]], [[1547]] – [[April 23]], [[1616]]) was a [[Spanish novelist]], [[poet]], and [[playwright]], best-known as writer of ''[[Don Quixote]]''. | ||
| - | == Cervantes' historical importance and influence== | ||
| - | Cervantes' novel ''Don Quixote'' has had a tremendous influence on the development of prose fiction. It has been translated into all major languages and has appeared in 700 editions. The first translation was in English, made by [[Thomas Shelton]] in 1608, but not published until 1612. [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] had evidently read ''Don Quixote'', but it is most unlikely that Cervantes had ever heard of Shakespeare. | ||
| - | [[Carlos Fuentes]] raised the possibility that Cervantes and Shakespeare were the same person (see [[Shakespearean authorship question]]). [[Francis Carr]] has suggested that [[Francis Bacon]] wrote Shakespeare's plays and ''Don Quixote''. | ||
| - | ''Don Quixote'' has been the subject of a variety of works in other fields of art, including operas by the Italian composer [[Giovanni Paisiello]], the French [[Jules Massenet]], and the Spanish [[Manuel de Falla]], a Russian ballet by the Russian-German composer [[Ludwig Minkus]], a tone poem by the German composer [[Richard Strauss]], a German film (1933) directed by [[G. W. Pabst]], a Soviet film (1957) directed by [[Grigori Kozintsev]], a 1965 ballet (no relation to the one by Minkus) with choreography by [[George Balanchine]], and the American musical ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' (1965), made into a film in 1972, directed by [[Arthur Hiller]]. | + | '''Arthur Hiller''', [[Order of Canada|O.C.]] (born 22 November 1923) is a Canadian film director. |
| - | ''Don Quixote'' 's influence can be seen in the work of [[Tobias Smollett|Smollett]], [[Daniel Defoe|Defoe]], [[Henry Fielding|Fielding]], and [[Laurence Sterne|Sterne]], as well as in the classic 19th-century novelists [[Sir Walter Scott|Scott]], [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]], [[Gustave Flaubert|Flaubert]], [[Herman Melville|Melville]], and [[Fyodor Dostoevsky|Dostoevsky]], and in the works of [[James Joyce]] and [[Jorge Luis Borges]]. The theme of the novel also inspired the 19th-century French artists [[Honoré Daumier]] and [[Gustave Doré]]. | + | Hiller was born in [[Edmonton, Alberta]], and graduated from the [[University of Toronto]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1947, a [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|Master of Arts]] degree in psychology in 1950 and received an [[Honorary degree|honorary]] [[Doctor of Laws]] in 1995. |
| - | The [[Euro]] coins of €0.10, €0.20, and €0.50 made for Spain bear the portrait and signature of Cervantes. | + | Hiller began his show business career in television for the [[CBC television|CBC]] in Toronto in the 1950s, and was a successful television director before moving into films and Hollywood. Hiller served as President of the [[Directors Guild of America]] from 1989 to 1993 and President of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] from 1993 to 1997. He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2002 Academy Awards ceremony in recognition of his humanitarian, charitable and philanthropic efforts. |
| + | In 2002, he was honoured with a star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]]. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]].[http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4984] | ||
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| + | He and his wife Gwen have been married since 1948. They have two children and two grandchildren (Kellen Carpenter and Sienna Hiller). | ||
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Arthur Hiller, O.C. (born 22 November 1923) is a Canadian film director.
Hiller was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947, a Master of Arts degree in psychology in 1950 and received an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1995.
Hiller began his show business career in television for the CBC in Toronto in the 1950s, and was a successful television director before moving into films and Hollywood. Hiller served as President of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997. He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2002 Academy Awards ceremony in recognition of his humanitarian, charitable and philanthropic efforts.
In 2002, he was honoured with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[1]
He and his wife Gwen have been married since 1948. They have two children and two grandchildren (Kellen Carpenter and Sienna Hiller).
