Gregory Hoblit

Gregory Hoblit is an American film director, television director and television producer. He is known for directing the feature films Primal Fear, Fallen, Frequency, Hart's War, Fracture, and Untraceable. He has won nine Emmy Awards for directing and producing, an accolade which includes work on the television series Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, and Hooperman, and the television film Roe vs. Wade.

Early life and education

Hoblit was born Gregory King Hoblit in Abilene, Texas, on November 27, 1944, the son of Elizabeth Hubbard King and Harold Foster Hoblit, an FBI agent. Hoblit studied at both the University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Los Angeles, obtaining bachelor's degrees in history and political science.

Career

Hoblit was " longtime associate of Steven Bochco, the late, celebrated writer and producer of television police and courtroom dramas. Much of Hoblit's work is oriented towards police, attorneys, and legal cases. An element of career that has been noted by the entertainment media is the casting of young talent into serious roles that have elevated them to stardom.
Hoblit is known for directing the feature films Primal Fear, Fallen, Frequency, Hart's War, Fracture, and Untraceable.
As described by Jerry Roberts in the 2009 edition of his Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors, Hoblit's directing included episodes of Bay City Blues, Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Cop Rock, L.A. Law, among other television series. His credits also include having directed the science fiction police drama, NYPD 2069, which was described as "unaired" as of that date. He also wrote an episode of Hill Street Blues.

Personal life

Hoblit married actress Debrah Farentino on September 10, 1994. The couple have two children, Molly and Sophie.

Awards and recognition

Hoblit has won nine Emmy Awards for directing and producing, an accolade which includes six for producing episodes of the television series Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Hooperman, and NYPD Blue ; the Emmy for L.A. Law was for the pilot episode. The 1981 Emmy for his work on Hill Street Blues was for Outstanding Drama Series, and his fellow awardees were Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll.
He was further recognized as a producer with an Emmy for the television film Roe vs. Wade.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer
1974	Goodnight Jackie
1996	Primal Fear
1998	Fallen
2000	Frequency
2002	Hart's War
2007	Fracture
2008	Untraceable

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	Producer
1978	Loose Change
1978	Dr. Strange
1979	Vampiro
1981	Every Stray Dog and Kid
1989	Roe vs. Wade
1993	Class of '61

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1978	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?				1 episode
1979	Paris
1981–1985	Hill Street Blues				45 episodes
1983	Bay City Blues				1 episode
1986–1988	L.A. Law				35 episodes
1987	Hooperman				2 episodes
1990	Equal Justice				1 episode
1990	Cop Rock				2 episodes
1993–1994	NYPD Blue				9 episodes
2004	NYPD 2069				1 episode
2009	Solving Charlie				1 episode
2013	Monday Mornings				1 episode
2014	The Americans				1 episode
2015	The Strain				1 episode