Gill Dennis Biography

Fast Facts

• His Showtime miniseries "Home Fires" was included in the top 10 television events of 1987 as chosen by Time magazine
• Was part of the inaugural class of the AFI Center for Advanced Film Studies, graduating in 1969
• Was married to "A Patch of Blue" actress Elizabeth Hartman for close to 20 years
• Got his start as an intern for the Sam Peckinpah film "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" in 1970
• Best known as the screenwriter of "Walk the Line," "Return to Oz" and "On My Own․"
• Worked with director James Mangold to adapt "Johnny Cash: The Autobiography" into the film "Walk the Line․"
• Returned to his alma mater, the AFI Center, as a master filmmaker-in-residence in 1997