Harold Becker

Harold Becker was born on Sep 25, 1928 in USA. Harold Becker's big-screen debut came with The Ragman's Daughter directed by Harold Becker in 1972. Harold Becker is known for Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection directed by Reed Barker, Madonna stars as Self and Danny Aiello as Papa (segment "Papa Don't Preach"). The most recent award Harold Becker achieved is Cognac Festival du Film Policier. The upcoming new movie Harold Becker plays is Vengeance: A Love Story which will be released on Sep 15, 2017.

American director Harold Becker was born on September 25, 1928 in New York City, New York. He began his career as a still photographer and later on moved to direct TV commercials and short films. His directorial debut conducting a feature film was with the drama The Ragman's Daughter (1972). His second feature was the acclaimed Tueurs de flics (1979), a dark cop thriller starring John Savage and James Woods, on a remarkable role that brought him recognition from the public and several award nominations as Best Supporting Actor in the role of a dangerous and menacing cop killer.The 1980's presents Becker has a solid director who can work many different genres: the comedy Flics-Frac! (1980); the military drama Taps (1981) where he directed youngsters Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn and Tom Cruise alongside veteran George C. Scott; the sports-themed film Crazy for You (1985); two musical videos for Madonna; the heavy drug drama État de choc (1988) again collaborating with Woods; and the neo-noir Mélodie pour un meurtre (1989) where he resurrected the career of Al Pacino.The box-office suspense Malice (1993), the political thriller City Hall (1996) and the action Code Mercury (1998) compose Becker's career in the 1990's directing big Hollywood stars and establishing him as one of the most versatile directors of the period.After the thriller L'intrus (2001) Becker never returned to film directing, possibly retired after not having many invitations to directed another feature.