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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. He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote The Emerald Forest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Boorman is the 457th most popular film director (down from 304th in 2019), the 1,967th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,203rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Boorman ranks 457 out of 2,041. Before him are Maya Deren, Néstor Almendros, Robert Rossen, Larisa Shepitko, James L. Brooks, and Joe Dante. After him are William A. Wellman, Sam Mendes, Jean Eustache, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Şerif Gören, and Aleksandar Petrović.

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Among people born in 1933, John Boorman ranks 162. Before him are Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Azeglio Vicini, Mátyás Szűrös, Hannelore Kohl, Michel Camdessus, and Debra Paget. After him are Raffaele Farina, Michel Sabbah, Robert Shavlakadze, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Andrei Voznesensky, and Charlie Wilson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Boorman ranks 1,967 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Parkes Bonington (1801), Tobias Smollett (1721), Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), John Maynard Smith (1920), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), and Nick Simper (1945). After him are Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), F. H. Bradley (1846), Sam Mendes (1965), Matt Ridley (1958), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), and Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Boorman ranks 34. Before him are Tom Hooper (1972), Roland Joffé (1945), John Guillermin (1925), J. Lee Thompson (1914), Michael Apted (1941), and Andrew V. McLaglen (1920). After him are Sam Mendes (1965), David Yates (1963), David Byrne (1952), Michael Anderson (1920), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), and Mike Leigh (1943).

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