John Milius
John Frederick Milius (born April 11, 1944 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Milius graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television in 1967 . He won a national student competition in his senior year with his short film Marcello, I'm So Bored . At USC he was in a class with directors as unknown at the time as George Lucas and Randall Kleiser and Basil Poledouris . The USA was studying young men for Vietnam, Milius was sure of a career in the military and thus Vietnam would be his future and would never have dreamed that he would become a director. In 1968 he signed up for naval aviation and was turned away because of his asthma. Now he had to reschedule his life, he would be able to work in the studio. At that time he had already started individual scenes for the film Apocalypse Now .
He has directed films such as The Red Flood and Conan the Barbarian . He also wrote parts of the script for the film Jaws as well as the scripts for films such as Apocalypse Now , 1941 - Where Please Go to Hollywood , Decision Day , Erased and The Cartel .
Milius is a board member of the National Rifle Association and a passionate gun collector .
He writes the background story for the computer game Homefront , which is about a military conflict. Together with Raymond Benson he also published a novel on the game in July 2011 with the title Homefront - Voice of Freedom .
For television he developed the series Rome , for which he also worked as a screenwriter.
Filmography (selection)
- As a director
- 1973: Hunt for Dillinger (Dillinger)
- 1975: The Wind and the Lion (The Wind and the Lion)
- 1978: Decision Day (Big Wednesday)
- 1982: Conan the Barbarian (Conan the Barbarian)
- 1984: The Red Tide (Red Dawn)
- 1989: Farewell to the King , also: Der Dschungelkönig von Borneo (Farewell to the King)
- 1991: Flight of the Intruder (Flight of the Intruder)
- 1994: Motorcycle Gang (TV movie)
- 1997: Rough Riders - The fearless regiment
- As a screenwriter
- 1972: That was Roy Bean (The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean)
- 1972: Jeremiah Johnson (Jeremiah Johnson)
- 1973: Dirty Harry II - Calahan (Magnum Force)
- 1979: Apocalypse Now
- 1979: 1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood (1941)
- 1987: Extinguished (Extreme Prejudice)
- 1989: Farewell to the King , also: Der Dschungelkönig von Borneo (Farewell to the King)
- 1993: Geronimo - A legend ( Geronimo: An American Legend )
- 1994: The Cartel (Clear and Present Danger)
- As a producer
- 1979: Hardcore - A father sees red (Hardcore)
- 1979: 1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood (1941)
- 1980: With one leg in the kittchen (Used Cars)
- 1983: The Daring Seven (Uncommon Valor)
Works
- 2011: Homefront: Voice of Freedom (with Raymond Benson )
Others
The operation that led to the arrest of Saddam Hussein in 2003 was called Operation Red Dawn , after Milius Film Red Dawn (German distribution title Die Rote Flut ).
Web links
- John Milius in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- John Milius in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/nra-board-members-selleck-nugent?page=2
- ↑ Article on Fox News
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Milius, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Milius, John Frederick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director, screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |