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John Milius
Born April 11, 1944
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

John Frederick Milius is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. He was one of the writers for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now, and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion, Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn. He wrote a number of iconic film lines such as "Charlie don't surf" and "I love the smell...
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Filmography
Actor (38 credits)
Movies
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period EpicSelf - Filmmaker
2019
A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the BarbarianSelf (archive footage)
2019
Made in Hollywood: Die Welt des Raoul WalshSelf
2017
MiliusSelf
2013
Jaws: The Inside StorySelf
2010
Hollywood GangsterSelf
2008
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelf
2008
The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelf
2008
The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelf
2008
The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelf
2008
The Craft of Dirty HarrySelf
2008
Between the Lines: The True Story of Surfers and the Vietnam WarNarrator
2008
The Searchers: An AppreciationSelf
2006
Riding GiantsJohn Milius
2004
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American ZoetropeSelf
2004
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodSelf
2003
Frazetta: Painting with FireSelf
2003
An Opera of ViolenceSelf - Filmmaker
2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'Narrator (voice)
2003
The Wages of SinSelf - Filmmaker
2003
Something to Do with DeathSelf - Filmmaker
2003
Iron and BeyondSelf - Director
2002
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie MogulSelf
2001
Dirty Harry: The OriginalSelf - Screenwriter
2001
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'Self
2000
The Bridge on the River Kwai: An Appreciation by Filmmaker John MiliusSelf
2000
Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey WalesNarrator
1999
A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and 'The Searchers'Self (voice)
1998
In the Teeth of JawsSelf
1997
The Making of '1941'Self
1996
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.self
1995
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's ApocalypseSelf
1991
First WorksSelf
1989
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked AwaySelf
1986
Conan the BarbarianFoodseller in Old City (uncredited)
1982
The Lion Roars AgainSelf
1975
Crazy MamaCop (uncredited)
1975
Deadhead MilesState Trooper
1972