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

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