Joseph Hardy (director)
Joseph Hardy | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 8, 1929 Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 2024 (aged 95) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | New Mexico Highlands University (BA) Yale University (MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Theater and Film director |
| Years active | 1972–2012 |
Joseph Hardy (March 8, 1929 – June 6, 2024) was an American Tony Award-winning stage director, film director, television producer, and occasional performer.
Early life and education
[edit]Hardy was born March 8, 1929, in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He earned his bachelor's from New Mexico Highlands University and his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.[1][2]
Career
[edit]As a television producer, he produced two daytime soap operas in the 1960s: Ben Jarrod on NBC and A Time for Us on ABC. He was executive producer of Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Ryan's Hope and General Hospital.[1] In addition, he was the executive producer of James at 15/16, a primetime drama that aired on NBC.
In 1967, he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director[3] for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 1969 for Child's Play. His 1974 film Great Expectations was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival in 1975.[4]
Personal life and death
[edit]After leaving General Hospital, Hardy spent much of the 1990s living and working in France. He would return to New York City later in the decade.[1]
Hardy died on June 6, 2024, at the age of 95 as a resident since 2020 at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. He is survived by sister Caroline Rackley of New Mexico.[1][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Evans, Greg (July 8, 2024). "Joseph Hardy Dies: Tony-Winning Broadway Director, Exec Producer Of 'Ryan's Hope' Was 95". Deadline.com. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
- ^ https://issuu.com/yalerep/docs/david_geffen_school_of_drama_2024_alumni_magazine
- ^ Suskin, Steven. "ON THE RECORD: Mamma, Elaine's King & Charlie Brown" Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, November 26, 2000.
- ^ "9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
- ^ "Joseph Hardy". Primary Stages. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
