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|OC]] (November 13, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as [[Love Story (1970 film)|''Love Story'']] (1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars. |
| - | ''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 collaborated on a number of films with screenwriters [[Paddy Chayefsky]] and [[Neil Simon]]. Among his other notable films were ''[[The Americanization of Emily]]'' (1964), [[Tobruk (1967 film)|''Tobruk'']] (1967), ''[[The Hospital]]'' (1971), [[The Out-of-Towners (1970 film)|''The Out-of-Towners'']] (1970), [[Plaza Suite (film)|''Plaza Suite'']] (1971), ''[[The Man in the Glass Booth]]'' (1975), [[Silver Streak (film)|''Silver Streak'']] (1976), [[The In-Laws (1979 film)|''The In-Laws'']] (1979) and [[Outrageous Fortune (film)|''Outrageous Fortune'']] (1987). |
| - | The [[Euro]] coins of €0.10, €0.20, and €0.50 made for Spain bear the portrait and signature of Cervantes. | + | 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]] in 2002. An annual film festival in Hiller's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater, [[Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts]]. |
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Arthur Hiller, OC (November 13, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as Love Story (1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars.
Hiller collaborated on a number of films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon. Among his other notable films were The Americanization of Emily (1964), Tobruk (1967), The Hospital (1971), The Out-of-Towners (1970), Plaza Suite (1971), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Silver Streak (1976), The In-Laws (1979) and Outrageous Fortune (1987).
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 in 2002. An annual film festival in Hiller's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater, Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts.
