John Boorman
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PERSONAL DATA OF JOHN BOORMAN
Age: 88 years old
Born in: SHEPPERTON (England)
Born on: 18/01/1933
JOHN BOORMAN BIOGRAPHY
Although his parents were not Catholics, they had him studied by the Jesuits or, according to others, by the Salesians. He begins writing film criticism articles for women’s magazines and for the radio. He joined the BBC in 1955 as an assistant editor and in a few years became a director with a series of innovative documentaries. In 1965 he made his first film: ‘Having a Wild Weekend’ in which the ‘Dave Clark Five’ performed for the first time in an attempt to emulate the Beatles success of the previous year in ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. The film has little resonance but takes him to Hollywood where in 1967 he directed the action film with Lee Marvin ‘Without a moment of truce’ (Point Black) and in 1968 the dramatic ‘Duel in the Pacific’ (Hell in the Pacific). In those years new technologies are introduced in the cinema and Boorman uses them in the terrifying ‘A quiet weekend of fear’ (Deliverance) which has a nomination for directing and production. Reaches the top of the thriller genre with ‘The Exorcist 2: The Heretic’. He then devotes himself to historical reinterpretation with ‘Excalibur’ and to the story of an Amazonian tribe with ‘The Crystal Forest’. gets three nominations: Best Picture, Screenplay and Direction. He surprised critics but in 1990 the public liked his’ Where the Heart is’ very different from his style but comparable to Lleo the Last ‘(1970), another film outside the box of English cinema. He has two acting children who he has used in many films: Katrine born in London in 1958 and Charley born in 1966 in Wimbledon.
THE MOST RECENT FILMS BY JOHN BOORMAN
Memoirs of Hadrian
Role: Film director
Year: 2007
The Tiger’s Tail
Role: Film director
Year: 2006
In my country (Country of My Skull)
Role: Film director
Year: 2003
The tailor of Panama
Role: Film director
Year: 2001 Go to the complete Filmography
JOHN BOORMAN’S MOST RECURRING GENRES
Drama: 31% Thriller: 13% Comedy: 11% Fantasy: 11%
JOHN BOORMAN’S STATISTICS ON COMINGSOON.IT
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AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR JOHN BOORMAN
Oscar
Here are all the awards and nominations Oscar
- 1988 – Nomination for best director for the 1940s
- 1988 – Nomination for Best Original Screenplay for 1940s
- 1973 – Best director nomination for A quiet weekend of fear
Golden Globe
Here are all the awards and nominations Golden Globe
- 1988 – Nomination for best director for the 1940s
- 1988 – Best Screenplay Nomination for 1940s
- 1973 – Best director nomination for A quiet weekend of fear
Cannes Film Festival
Here are all the awards and nominations Cannes Film Festival
- 1998 – Best Director Award for The General
- 1970 – Best director award for Leone the last
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