John Guillermin
John Guillermin (11 November 1925 – 27 September 2015) was a British film director, writer, and producer who was most active in big budget, action adventure films throughout his lengthy career.
His more well-known films include I Was Monty's Double (1958), Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959), Never Let Go (1960), Tarzan Goes to India (1962), Waltz of the Toreadors (1962), The Blue Max (1966), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), The Towering Inferno (1974), King Kong (1976), Death on the Nile (1978), Sheena (1984) and King Kong Lives (1986). From the 1980s he worked on much less prestigious projects, and his final films consisted of lower budgeted theatrical releases and made-for-TV films.
Biography
Guillermin was born in London to French parents. He attended the University of Cambridge. After mustering out of the Royal Air Force at the age of 22, Guillermin's directorial career began in France with documentary filmmaking. He moved to Hollywood in 1950 to study film-making methods. Town on Trial (1957) showed his early craftsmanship, with Guillermin managing to obtain a menacing performance from the usually benign John Mills. Guillermin in time became known more as a general entertainment director than as an auteur director, and in his later career as a director for films with big budgets and spectacular effects. He also became known as a pipe smoking exacting perfectionist, filming and refilming scenes to get exactly what he was looking for. Unusual camera angles and hand held camera shots were among his preferred options.
Guillermin, John Filmography
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1988, role: director
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1986, role: director
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1984, role: director
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1980, role: director
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1978, role: director
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1978, role: director
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1976, role: director
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1974, role: director
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1973, role: director
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1972, role: director
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1970, role: director
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1969, role: director
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1968, role: director
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1968, role: director
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1966, role: director
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1965, role: director
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1964, role: director
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1962, role: director
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1962, role: director
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1962, role: writer
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1960, role: director
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1960, role: director
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1960, role: writer
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1959, role: writer
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1959, role: director
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1958, role: director
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1958, role: director
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1957, role: director
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1956, role: director
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1955, role: director
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1954, role: director
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1954, role: director
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1953, role: director
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1953, role: writer
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1953, role: director
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1952, role: director
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1952, role: director
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1951, role: director
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1951, role: director
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1951, role: director
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1950, role: writer
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1950, role: director
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1950, role: producer
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1949, role: producer
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1949, role: writer
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1949, role: producer
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1949, role: director
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1949, role: writer
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