William Hobbs (choreographer)
| William Hobbs | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 January 1939 Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Stage Fight Choreographer |
| Years active | 1962–present |
William Hobbs (born January 29, 1939 in Hampstead, London) is a choreographer of staged fights. He has arranged some of the most notable scenes of cinematic fencing from the 1960s to the 2000s, including those in:
- H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
- Othello (1965)
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)
- The Three Musketeers (1973)
- The Four Musketeers (1974)
- Royal Flash (1975)
- The Duellists (1977)
- Flash Gordon (1980)
- Excalibur (1981)
- Ladyhawke (1985)
- Brazil (1985)
- Willow (1988)
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
- Hamlet (1990)
- Robin Hood (1991)
- Rob Roy (1995)
- Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
- Casanova (2005)
- Game of Thrones (2011)
Publications
- 1995, Fight Direction for Stage and Screen, Heinemann, ISBN 978-0-435-08680-0.
External links
- William Hobbs at the Internet Movie Database
- New York Times Article on William Hobbs work on the 2008 Broadway production of Hamlet
|