Gregory Hoblit was born in Texas but moved to Northern California at a young age because of his father's job in law enforcement, a hint at what might have attracted the mystery/courtroom plots of his movie/TV credits. After graduating from UCLA he worked as a TV co-producer with Steven Bochco until directing the 80s series "Hill Street Blues" (1981) and _"LA Law" (1986)_ . He made his film directorial debut with the psychological thriller Primal Fear (1996) followed by Fallen (1998), Frequency (2000), and the WWII drama Hart's War (2002), starring Bruce Willis .

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