James Fargo

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James Fargo (born August 14, 1938 in Republic , Washington ) is an American director , screenwriter and film producer . He became known through the movies Dirty Harry III - The Inexorable , The Lord of the Caravan and The Man from San Fernando .

life and career

James Fargo, born in Republic, Washington state in 1938, began his film career in 1969 as an assistant director under Robert Alan Aurthur . He previously studied communications and journalism at the University of Washington .

By 1976 he was active in a total of seventeen films. Most recently on Clint Eastwood's critical western The Texaner , where he also participated as a producer.

In 1976, Clint Eastwood entrusted him to direct the third Dirty Harry part of Dirty Harry III - The Relentless . The two knew each other from the scriptwriting for the western Sinola (1972), in which Eastwood took the lead role and Fargo worked as an assistant director. For A Stranger Without a Name , created in 1973, Fargo was Eastwood's assistant himself. In total, the two worked together on six productions.

In 1978 Fargo directed another Eastwood film, the action comedy The Man from San Fernando . In the same year he also directed the adventure film The Lord of the Caravan with Anthony Quinn , Michael Sarrazin , Christopher Lee in the leading roles. The film was very successful in the cinemas, not least because of the popular soundtrack by the composer Mike Batt , who was hired to write the film music.

Since 1983, Fargo has also successfully directed dozens of episodes from well-known television series , including episodes from Die Himmelhunde von Boragora , Das A-Team , Agentin mit Herz , SideKicks - Karate Kid & Co , Merciless Hunt , Berlin Break , in addition to numerous movies or for the series Beverly Hills, 90210 .

Filmography

Filmography as a director

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1983: The Heavenly Dogs of Boragora (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1984: The A-Team (TV series, one episode)
  • 1985: Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster (TV movie)
  • 1985–1986: Agent with a Heart (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1986: SideKicks - Karate Kid & Co (TV series, one episode)
  • 1988–1990: Merciless Hunt (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1990: Sky High (TV Movie) (Part 2)
  • 1993: Berlin Break (TV series, one episode)
  • 1995–1996: Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series, two episodes)
Filmography as a screenwriter
  • 1982: Forced Vengeance
  • 1982: Blood Song
Filmography as a film producer

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile of James Fargo in: Kino  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kino.de  
  2. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, Hille 2013, p. 128.
  3. ↑ James Fargo in: Terrorism in American Cinema: An Analytical Filmography, 1960-2008 , by Robert Cettl, McFarland, 2009, p. 113
  4. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 129.
personal data
SURNAME Fargo, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Republic , Washington , United States