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John Boorman Biography (1933-)

Born January 18, 1933, in Shepperton (some sources cite London), Middlesex, England; son of George and Ivy (maiden name, Chapman) Boorman; married Christel Kruse (a costume designer), 1957; children: Charley (an actor), three daughters, including Telsche (a screenwriter) and Katrine (an actress). Addresses: Office: Merlin Films International Ltd., 16 Pembroke St., Dublin 2, Ireland.; Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, producer, writer

Birth Details

January 18, 1933

Shepperton, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Director, We're Having a Wild Weekend (also known as Catch Us If You Can), Warner Bros., 1965
• Director, Point Blank, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
• Director, Hell in the Pacific, Cinerama, 1968
• Director, Leo the Last, United Artists, 1970
• Producer and director, Deliverance, Warner Bros., 1972
• Producer and director, Zardoz, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
• Producer and director, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Warner Bros., 1977
• Producer and director, Excalibur, Orion, 1981
• Executive producer, Angel (also known as Danny Boy), 1982
• Producer (with Claude Nedjar), Nemo (also known as Dream One), Columbia, 1984
• Producer and director, The Emerald Forest, Embassy, 1985
• Producer (with Michael Dryhurst) and director, Hope and Glory, Columbia, 1987
• Producer and director, Where the Heart Is, Buena Vista, 1990
• Director, Lumiere et compagnie (also known as Lumiere and Company and Lumiere y compania), Alta Films/Pierre Grise Distribution,1995
• Producer and director, Beyond Rangoon, Columbia, 1995
• Producer and director, The General (also known as Once I Had aLife), Sony Pictures Classics, 1998
• Producer and director, The Tailor of Panama, Columbia, 2001
• Producer and director, Knight's Castle, 2002
• Film Appearances
• The Rock, 1967
• Zardoz, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
• The director, Long Shot (also known as Target of an Assassination), 1980
• Narrator, Hope and Glory, Columbia, 1987
• Television Director
• Series
• Citizen '63, BBC (England), 1963
• The Newcomers, BBC, 1964
• Specials
• The Great Director, BBC (England), 1966
• Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman, Arts and Entertainment, 1998
• Episodic
• Director, "I Dreamt I Woke Up," The Director's Place, BBC Scotland, 1991
• Television Work
• Other
• Executive producer, The Hard Way, 1979
• Producer and director, "Two Nudes Bathing," Picture Windows (miniseries; also known as Picture Windows: Language of the Heart), Showtime, 1995
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Intimate Portrait: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lifetime, 2000
• Episodic
• "I Dreamt I Woke Up," The Director's Place, BBC Scotland, 1991
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• (In archive footage) The Perfect Fit (also known as A Conversation with Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush), Columbia TriStar Home Video/New Wave Entertainment, 2001
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (With Alex Jacobs) Point Blank, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
• (With William Stair) Leo the Last (based on George Tabori's play The Prince), United Artists, 1970
• Deliverance, Warner Bros., 1972
• Zardoz, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
• Exorcist II: The Heretic, Warner Bros., 1977
• (With Rospo Pallenberg) Excalibur, Orion, 1981
• Hope and Glory, Columbia, 1987, published by Faber & Faber (London), 1987
• (With Telsche Boorman) Where the Heart Is, Buena Vista, 1990
• Beyond Rangoon, Columbia, 1995
• The General (also known as Once I Had a Life), Sony Pictures Classics, 1998, published by Faber & Faber, 1998
• The Tailor of Panama, Columbia, 2001
• Television Miniseries
• "Two Nudes Bathing," Picture Windows (also known as Picture Windows: Language of the Heart), Showtime, 1995
• Television Episodes
• "I Dreamt I Woke Up," The Director's Place, BBC Scotland, 1991
• Other
• (With Bill Stair) The Legend of Zardoz (novelization of his screenplay), New American Library (New York City), 1974
• Money into Light: The Emerald Forest; A Diary, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York City), 1985
• (Coeditor) A Year in Film, 1993
• (Editor, with Walter Donohue) Film-makers on Film-making, Faber & Faber (London), 1995
• Contributor of film criticism to the Manchester Guardian and to other magazines and newspapers, 1950-54. Coeditor of an annual, Projections, beginning c. 1990.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

• DGA, January, 1999, pp. 88-91
• Film Comment, July/August, 1995, p. 44
• New Statesman, May 22, 1998, p. 46