
Person · Screenwriter
John Milius
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- Writer
- Producer
- Director
In short · Writing since 1967, 6 decades active, 53 credits.
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Director
8 creditsWriter
14 credits
Red Dawn(2012)
Writer
Film
Rome(2005)
Writer
TV
Clear and Present Danger(1994)
Writer
Film
Geronimo: An American Legend(1993)
Writer
Film
Extreme Prejudice(1987)
Writer
Film
Apocalypse Now(1979)
Writers
Film
1941(1979)
Writer
Film
Melvin Purvis G-MAN(1974)
Writer
Film
Magnum Force(1973)
Writer
Film
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean(1972)
Writer
Film
Jeremiah Johnson(1972)
Writer
Film
Evel Knievel(1971)
Writer
Film
Dirty Harry(1971)
screenplay (uncredited)
Film
The Devil's 8(1969)
Writer
Film
Actor
5 creditsProducer
1 creditOther crew
2 creditsAwards & Nominations
1 nominationAcademy Awards
- Nom1979Oscar — Writing (adapted Screenplay)
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- A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the BarbarianSelf · 2019
- Hollywood 1982: un été magique au cinémaSelf · 2019
- Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period EpicSelf - Filmmaker · 2019
- Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmesSelf - Interviewee · 2018
- Made in Hollywood: Die Welt des Raoul WalshSelf · 2017
- MiliusSelf · 2013
- Jaws: The Inside StorySelf · 2010
- Hollywood Don't Surf!Self · 2010
- The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelf · 2008
- The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelf · 2008
- The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelf · 2008
- The Craft of Dirty HarrySelf · 2008
- A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American ZoetropeSelf · 2004
- Go West, Young Man!Self · 2003
- An Opera of ViolenceSelf · 2003
- The Wages of SinSelf · 2003
- Iron and BeyondSelf - Director · 2002
- Dirty Harry: The OriginalSelf · 2001
- Conan the Barbarian: UnchainedSelf · 2000
- Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a GunSelf · 1999
- The Making of '1941'Self · 1996
- Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the RightSelf · 1996
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's ApocalypseSelf · 1991
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