Trivia

Taught drama at Yale after retiring from his career as a director.

He directed 5 different performers in Oscar-nominated performances: Jocelyne LaGarde, Carol Channing, Robert Redford, Glenn Close and John Lithgow.

He has directed two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Butch Cassidy (1969) and El golpe (1973).

Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award as Best Director for "Look Homeward, Angel."

Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975.

Not to be confused with another ace director of an earlier generation, George W. Hill (1895-1934).

Was original choice to direct Búfalo Bill y los indios (1976).

He studied drama at HB Studios in Greenwich Village in New York City.

He was offered the chance to direct The Sound of Music (1965) but he turned it down.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945- 1985". Pages 429-433. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Uncle of Tim Hill.

He has directed two films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Butch Cassidy (1969) and El golpe (1973). The latter won in the category.