FILM DIRECTOR

John Boorman

1933 - Today

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Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing feature films such as Point Blank (1967), Hell in the Pacific (1968), Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Excalibur (1981), The Emerald Forest (1985), Hope and Glory (1987), The General (1998), The Tailor of Panama (2001) and Queen and Country (2014). Boorman has directed 20 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for Deliverance, and Hope and Glory), two British Academy Film Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Boorman has received more than 1,922,102 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). John Boorman is the 304th most popular film director (up from 334th in 2019), the 1,202nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,329th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Boorman ranks 304 out of 2,041. Before him are Shin Sang-ok, Ousmane Sembène, Mamoru Oshii, Mikhail Kalatozov, Satoshi Kon, and Raúl Ruiz. After him are Philippe de Broca, Jim Henson, Paul Schrader, Krzysztof Zanussi, Gaspar Noé, and Tengiz Abuladze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, John Boorman ranks 111. Before him are Juanita Castro, Tom Courtney, Jerzy Kosiński, Rik Van Looy, Fred Haise, and Saleh Al-Fawzan. After him are Miloš Milutinović, Philippe de Broca, Otto Barić, Maurice André, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and Michel Hidalgo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Boorman ranks 1,202 out of 8,785. Before him are George Fox (1624), Annie Chapman (1841), Dave Murray (1956), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), Ally McCoist (1962), and Hugh Lofting (1886). After him are Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), James Mirrlees (1936), Spencer Perceval (1762), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), R. D. Laing (1927), and Ray Stevenson (1964).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Boorman ranks 21. Before him are Guy Ritchie (1968), Tony Richardson (1928), Frank Lloyd (1886), David Hamilton (1933), John Schlesinger (1926), and Adrian Lyne (1941). After him are Anthony Minghella (1954), J. Lee Thompson (1914), Roland Joffé (1945), Sam Mendes (1965), John Guillermin (1925), and Michael Anderson (1920).

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Filmography

Deliverance
Director
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Aug 18th 19727.309 / 10
Excalibur
Director
A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
Apr 10th 19816.9 / 10
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Director
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?
Jun 17th 19774.5 / 10