George Roy Hill

The Profile

George Roy Hill was an American film director best known for films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting.

Directed The Sting (La Stangata), which won seven Academy Awards; frequently collaborated with actors Robert Redford and Paul Newman.

Two DeBaser reviews celebrate George Roy Hill's direction of La Stangata (The Sting), noting sharp performances by Redford, Newman and Shaw, evocative cinematography and Scott Joplin's ragtime score. The reviews call the film elegant, clever and one of cinema's great endings. Both pieces recommend seeing the film.