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John Dahl Biography (1956-)

Born in 1956, in Billings, MT; son of Leonard (a manager of an insurance office) and Margeurite Dahl; married Beth-Jana Friedberg (a cinematographer); brother of Rick Dahl (a producer and screenwriter). Career: Director andwriter. Director of music videos and storyboard artist. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, writer

Birth Details

1956

Billings, Montana, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Director, The Death Mutants,1980
• Assistant director, The Dungeonmaster, Empire, 1983
• Unit director, Private Investigations, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1987
• Director, Kill Me Again, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
• Director, The Last Seduction, October Films, 1994
• Director, Red Rock West, Roxie Releasing, 1994
• Director, Unforgettable, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
• Producer and director, Striking Back: A Jewish Commando's War against the Nazis, Miramax, 1998
• Director, Rounders, Miramax, 1998
• Director, Blackout, Miramax, 1998
• Television Work
• Episodic
• Director, "Tomorrow I Die," Fallen Angels, Showtime, 1995
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Coproducer of the rock musical Here Come the Pugs.
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• The Death Mutants,1980
• Private Investigations, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1987
• (With brother, Rick Dahl) Kill Me Again, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
• (With R. Dahl) Red Rock West, Roxie Releasing, 1994
• (With R. Dahl) Blackout, Miramax, 1998
• Meltdown,1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

• Contemporary Authors, March, 1996, Volume 164, Gale (Detroit, MI),1998, pp. 91-93.

Periodicals:

• Premiere, pp. 49-52.*