Portrait of Jack Hill

Directing

Jack Hill

Career

Active from 1960 to 2009, with a break from 1983 to 2003, busiest in 1971 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score48/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Big Bird Cage
The Big Bird Cage
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jack Hill Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    1.1, average 3.4
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.1, average 3.7
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Grotesque Imagery 5
  • Cult Classic 4
  • Psychological Horror 3
  • Exploitation Cinema 3
  • Grindhouse 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • B-Movie 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Female Empowerment 2
  • Exploitation 2
  • Exploitation Film 2
  • Women in Prison 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles · average score 39
Sugar Boxx
Sugar Boxx (2009)
GoodWatch score 39

as Judge #2

I Pass for Human
I Pass for Human (2004)

as Azami's Father

1980s

2 titles · average score 32
Sorceress
Sorceress (1982)
GoodWatch score 33

Director, Producer

Death Ship
Death Ship (1980)
GoodWatch score 32

Story

1970s

11 titles · average score 53
City on Fire
City on Fire (1979)
GoodWatch score 40

Writer

Switchblade Sisters
Switchblade Sisters (1975)
GoodWatch score 61

Story, Director

Foxy Brown
Foxy Brown (1974)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

The Swinging Cheerleaders
The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)
GoodWatch score 46

Writer, Director

Coffy
Coffy (1973)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Screenplay

The Big Bird Cage
The Big Bird Cage (1972)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Writer

The Woman Hunt
The Woman Hunt (1972)
GoodWatch score 46

Story

The Big Doll House
The Big Doll House (1971)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

Isle of the Snake People
Isle of the Snake People (1971)
GoodWatch score 25

Screenplay, Director

Alien Terror
Alien Terror (1971)
GoodWatch score 34

Director

Me, a Groupie
Me, a Groupie (1970)
GoodWatch score 46

Writer, Director

1960s

11 titles · average score 47
Pit Stop
Pit Stop (1969)
GoodWatch score 51

Director, Camera Operator

Macabre Serenade
Macabre Serenade (1968)
GoodWatch score 25

Screenplay, Director

Fear Chamber
Fear Chamber (1968)
GoodWatch score 39

Writer, Director

Spider Baby
Spider Baby (1967)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Writer

Blood Bath
Blood Bath (1966)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay, Director

Mondo Keyhole
Mondo Keyhole (1966)
GoodWatch score 50

Director, Director of Photography

The Raw Ones
The Raw Ones (1965)

Director of Photography, Editor

The Terror
The Terror (1963)
GoodWatch score 45

Screenplay

Dementia 13
Dementia 13 (1963)
GoodWatch score 58

Second Unit Director, Additional Writing

Tonight for Sure
Tonight for Sure (1962)
GoodWatch score 29

Director of Photography

The Host
The Host (1960)

Editor, Director