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Michael Cimino

1999 - Today

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Michael Antonio Cimino ( chim-EE-noh, Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo tʃiˈmiːno]; February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. Notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and determination for perfection, Cimino achieved widespread fame with 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 before moving to Los Angeles in the early 1970s to take up screenwriting. After co-writing the scripts for both Silent Running (1972) and Magnum Force (1973), he wrote the preliminary script for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Michael Cimino is the 9,604th most popular actor (up from 12,958th in 2024), the 14,367th most popular biography from United States (up from 18,903rd in 2019) and the 4,466th most popular American Actor.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Michael Cimino ranks 9,604 out of 13,578. Before him are Barbara Bedford, Charlotte Valandrey, Cress Williams, Zhao Lusi, Son Na-eun, and Lisa Chappell. After him are John Inman, Kira Reed, Marina de Tavira, Vincent Martella, Eric Johnson, and Melinda Kinnaman.

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Among people born in 1999, Michael Cimino ranks 96. Before him are Tahith Chong, Lomon, Matheus Cunha, Mile Svilar, Chandler Riggs, and Đorđe Petrović. After him are Gianluca Scamacca, Alexis Saelemaekers, Mark Lee, Jinyu Nasu, Kiernan Shipka, and Charlotte and Laura Tremble.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Cimino ranks 14,371 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Chbosky (1970), Duke Nalon (1913), Barbara Bedford (1903), Alex Webster (1969), John Crowe Ransom (1888), and Tim Schafer (1967). After him are Yaya DaCosta (1982), Linda Lingle (1953), Kira Reed (1971), Vincent Martella (1992), William Safire (1929), and Gifford Pinchot (1865).

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Among Actors In United States

Among actors born in United States, Michael Cimino ranks 4,468. Before him are Helen Wagner (1918), Chandler Riggs (1999), Jason Wiles (1970), Ann Magnuson (1956), Matthew Daddario (1987), and Barbara Bedford (1903). After him are Kira Reed (1971), Vincent Martella (1992), Matt Gerald (1970), Mary Ann Mobley (1937), Erica Gimpel (1964), and Cynthia Gibb (1963).

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