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John Boorman

John Boorman

Currently Active 1933 — Present
Film director, screenwriter, producer

Personal Info

Born
Jan 18, 1933
Age
93
Birth Place
Shepperton, Middlesex, England

LEGACY & ORIGINS

Born 18 January 1933 (age 93)
Shepperton, Middlesex, England
Occupations Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active 1962–present
Spouses
Christel Kruse ​(m. 1956⁠–⁠1990)​
Isabella Weibrecht

​(m. 1995, divorced)​

Sir John Boorman CBE (/ˈbʊərmən/; born 18 January 1933) is a British filmmaker. He is best known for directing feature films such as Point Blank (1967), Hell in the Pacific (1968), Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Excalibur (1981), The Emerald Forest (1985), Hope and Glory (1987), The General (1998), The Tailor of Panama (2001) and Queen and Country (2014).

Boorman has directed 20 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for Deliverance, and Hope and Glory), two British Academy Film Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations. He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote The Emerald Forest. In 2004, Boorman received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In the 2022 New Year Honours, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for services to film. Point Blank and Deliverance have been inducted into the National Film Registry.

Life & Career Details

Born 18 January 1933 (age 93)
Shepperton, Middlesex, England
Occupations Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active 1962–present
Spouses
Christel Kruse ​(m. 1956⁠–⁠1990)​
Isabella Weibrecht

​(m. 1995, divorced)​

Sir John Boorman CBE (/ˈbʊərmən/; born 18 January 1933) is a British filmmaker. He is best known for directing feature films such as Point Blank (1967), Hell in the Pacific (1968), Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Excalibur (1981), The Emerald Forest (1985), Hope and Glory (1987), The General (1998), The Tailor of Panama (2001) and Queen and Country (2014).

Boorman has directed 20 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for Deliverance, and Hope and Glory), two British Academy Film Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations. He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote The Emerald Forest. In 2004, Boorman received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In the 2022 New Year Honours, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for services to film. Point Blank and Deliverance have been inducted into the National Film Registry.

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