FILM DIRECTOR

Michael Cimino

1939 - 2016

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Michael Antonio Cimino ( chim-EE-noh, Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo tʃiˈmiːno]; February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016) was an American filmmaker. He achieved fame as the director of The Deer Hunter (1978), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. With a background in painting and architecture, Cimino began his career as a commercial director in New York. He moved to Los Angeles in 1971 to take up screenwriting, co-writing Silent Running (1972) and Magnum Force (1973). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Cimino is the 132nd most popular film director (up from 141st in 2019), the 1,147th most popular biography from United States (down from 954th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Film Director.

Michael Cimino is most famous for directing and producing the 1978 film "The Deer Hunter."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Cimino ranks 132 out of 2,041. Before him are Giuseppe Tornatore, Max Reinhardt, James Gunn, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, David Fincher, and Jesús Franco. After him are Jean-Pierre Melville, Jerzy Grotowski, George A. Romero, Peter Greenaway, Terrence Malick, and Jonathan Demme.

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Among people born in 1939, Michael Cimino ranks 47. Before him are Jorge Sampaio, Ratko Janev, Ali MacGraw, Richard Kiel, Marie Laforêt, and João Bernardo Vieira. After him are Sonny Chiba, Ray Manzarek, Volker Schlöndorff, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Stanisław Dziwisz, and Susumu Tonegawa. Among people deceased in 2016, Michael Cimino ranks 54. Before him are Reinhard Selten, Bernardo Provenzano, Esma Redžepova, Viktor Korchnoi, Gene Wilder, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. After him are Yasuo Takamori, Vesna Vulović, George Gaynes, Ahmed Zewail, Robert Vaughn, and Ray Tomlinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Cimino ranks 1,147 out of 20,380. Before him are William Perry (1927), Julian Schwinger (1918), Philip Johnson (1906), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), and Mike Wallace (1918). After him are Steve Buscemi (1957), Ferid Murad (1936), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900), James Jones (1921), and Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Michael Cimino ranks 40. Before him are Wes Craven (1939), Sam Peckinpah (1925), Victor Fleming (1889), James Gunn (1966), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), and David Fincher (1962). After him are George A. Romero (1940), Terrence Malick (1943), Jonathan Demme (1944), Jim Jarmusch (1953), Robert Benton (1932), and Don Siegel (1912).

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