哈尔·阿什贝，美国电影导演、剪辑师，生于犹他州奥格登，自幼喜爱戏剧，参加过小戏剧团体，十几岁便只身到加利福尼亚州，在制片厂里从杂务做到助理剪辑师，其剪辑的作品《火热的夜晚》(1967)获得第四十届奥斯卡最佳剪辑金像奖。剪辑之外，他还兼任制片，摄制了《托马斯王冠事件》(1968)和《凯利·凯利》(1969)两部影片。
Her homely, pudding face was Laughtonesque in style, incapable of warmth much less a smile. It was held up by an immense frame that was both intimidating and foreboding at the same time. In return, it allowed her to play a couple of the most loathsome and terrifying women ever presented onscreen.
