Gladys Hill (died 1981) was a screenwriter and film executive. She is best known as co-writer of the screenplay for The Man Who Would Be King for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She also co-wrote screenplays for The Kremlin Letter and Reflections in a Golden Eye.

Hill's film career began in 1946 as dialogue director on The Stranger, directed by Orson Welles. She went on to be dialogue director on other films such as John Huston's We Were Strangers in 1949, and The Prowler in 1951 which was directed by Joseph Losey. In 1962, Hill became head assistant to Director John Huston, a position which continued through 11 more films with Huston. She acted in three movies in the 1960s and 70s. Hill died in 1981.

Gladys Hill

Bibliography

Reflections in a Golden Eye, 1967

The Kremlin Letter, 1970

The Man Who Would Be King, 1975

Filmography

Actor

The Night of the Iguana, 1964

Winter Kills, 1979

Wise Blood, 1979

Assistant to John Huston

Freud, 1962

The List of Adrian Messenger, 1963

The Night of the Iguana, 1964

The Bible: In the Beginning, 1966

Sinful Davey, 1969

Fat City, 1972

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, 1972

The MacKintosh Man, 1973

Phobia, 1980

Victory, 1981

Annie, 1982

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1981 deaths

American women screenwriters

Year of birth missing

Place of birth missing

Date of death missing

20th-century American women writers

20th-century American screenwriters

Gladys Hill