"Who married Taylor Hackford (the director of ""White Nights"", in which she appeared), her partner since 1986, on 31 December 1997?"
Taylor Hackford he has one child, Alexander Hackford, born in 1979; their marriage lasted until 1987. Hackford has been married to Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren since 1997. Hackford met Mirren when he was directing her in "White Nights", although their first meeting did not go well: he kept her waiting to audition for "White Nights", and she was icy. "It was a strange way to meet Helen, because she is a lovely person," says Hackford, "but she didn’t hold back her fury." Hackford and Mirren wed in 1997, although as a young woman Mirren had vowed never to marry. Taylor Hackford
Taylor Hackford Taylor Hackford Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1945) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for "Teenage Father" (1979). Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, most notably "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) and "Ray" (2004), the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture. Hackford was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Mary (née Taylor), a waitress, and Joseph Hackford. He