Biography

George Roy Hill (December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film director. He is most noted for directing such films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, which both starred the acting duo Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Other notable films are Slaughterhouse-Five, The World According to Garp, The World of Henry Orient, Hawaii, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Great Waldo Pepper, Slap Shot, A Little Romance with Laurence Olivier, and The Little Drummer Girl. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Roy Hill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia